Sébastian Vivas — watch collection

About Sébastian Vivas’s watch collection

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a display of personal taste than a form of living scholarship — the collection of a man who treats watches as primary historical documents rather than accessories.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.