Working in Audemars Piguet's design department alongside Jacqueline Dimier, he answered Steve Urquhart's brief for a Royal Oak young men would want with a 42 mm case, exposed gaskets and a rubber-clad crown, first drawn in April 1989. He kept developing it through repeated attempts to stop the project until it launched in 1993.
Strap size and story
Source: Audemars Piguet (AP Chronicles), Robb Report, Revolution, Worldtempus, WatchBase