Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Chronograph 41mm Black dial, Ref. 26240ST w/ B&P

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Chronograph 41mm Black dial, Ref. 26240ST w/ B&P

Condition: Very good, pre-owned condition and running strong.

Contents: Double-boxed with 2023 warranty card. Warranty was extend to five years from original purchase date.

The Steel Chronograph That Reset the Modern Royal Oak Proportions

The 26240ST arrived as Audemars Piguet’s answer to a decade of demand for a slimmer, more proportionate Royal Oak chronograph, replacing the outgoing 26331 with a case that wears tighter to the wrist without sacrificing presence. The black Grande Tapisserie dial remains the most requested configuration in this reference, pairing the deepest contrast against the white gold hour markers with the widest resale audience across every major platform. This example carries its original box and a 2023 dated warranty card, with the extended warranty running through February 2028, a detail that meaningfully de-risks the next five years of ownership for a buyer weighing this against comparable steel chronographs. The in-house Calibre 4401 movement and flyback function place this squarely in daily-wearable territory while retaining the manufacture credentials collectors expect at this price point. Steel Royal Oak chronographs with full box and card continue to command a premium over watch-only examples, and that spread has held up even as broader AP pricing has normalized off 2022 highs. Production on this specific dial and case combination has already begun tapering as AP shifts allocation toward newer dial variants, tightening forward supply. For a buyer who wants Royal Oak ownership with genuine complication rather than the three-hand base model, this reference remains the most defensible entry point in current market conditions.

This is a full set, warrantied into 2028, in the most liquid dial configuration AP currently produces for this case. Buyers looking for a chronograph Royal Oak with room to run should not expect this exact combination to sit long.