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But in 1973 AP was already making more than 500 Royal Oaks. Between 1972 and 1978, says the company, a total of 6,050 reference link 5402 models were produced in the A, B, C, and D series, link "including 4,288 in steel, 876 in two-tone gold and steel, 736 in yellow link gold, and 150 in white gold."

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Belfort owning a gold-plated watch as opposed to link the real deal is curious to say the least. He had more than the means to buy any link watch he pleased, on a self-proclaimed salary just shy of a link million bucks per week. But this watch is symbolic, as Belfort was a gold-plated person.

And that brings us to 1955 when we start to link see what we now call the "Pre-Carreras" enter the catalog. But before we do link that let's set the stage for what the industry was back link then and what the other guys were up to.