Sébastian Vivas Watch Collection - Every Watch He's Been Spotted Wearing
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Introduction to Sébastian Vivas
Sébastian Vivas is an entrepreneur and horological authority best known as the Director of the Audemars Piguet Museum, based at the manufacture's historic headquarters in Le Brassus, Switzerland. In that role, he serves as one of the most credible custodians of Audemars Piguet's institutional memory, overseeing the preservation and presentation of the brand's archives, heritage pieces, and historical narrative. His work sits at the intersection of academia, business, and watchmaking culture, making him a respected figure at major industry events and among serious collectors worldwide.
Given his professional position, it comes as little surprise that the Sébastian Vivas watch collection leans heavily toward Audemars Piguet, and specifically toward pieces with documented historical significance. At the Royal Oak 50th anniversary celebration held at the Reggia di Venaria near Turin, Vivas appeared wearing reference 25810OR — a Royal Oak perpetual calendar produced exclusively to commemorate the manufacture's 120th anniversary in 1995. The choice was deliberate and pointed: in a room full of Royal Oaks marking half a century of the model, Vivas arrived with a piece that anchors the broader story of Audemars Piguet itself rather than just the Royal Oak line.
The 25810OR fits within the long lineage of Royal Oak perpetual calendars that Audemars Piguet developed through the late 1970s and 1980s, a complication the brand helped bring to the sportwatch segment. For Vivas, wearing such a reference in public is less a display of personal taste than a form of living scholarship — the collection of a man who treats watches as primary historical documents rather than accessories. With only one reference currently in our database, his spotted appearances are rare, but each one carries considerable weight.
Sébastien Vivas Spotted Wearing Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar Reference 25810OR
Inserted 02/12/2022
The reference 25810OR is one of the rarest Royal Oak variants ever produced — a perpetual calendar in 18k rose gold crafted to commemorate Audemars Piguet's 120th anniversary in 1995, with production numbers deliberately kept minimal. Sébastien Vivas, Director of the Audemars Piguet Museum in Le Brassus, was spotted wearing this historically loaded piece at the Reggia di Venaria outside Turin, during celebrations marking five decades of the Royal Oak — the icon whose very origin, as Vivas himself noted, traces back to an Italian request.
