Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Grand Prix Collection - 2010 New Watch

26290IO.OO.A001VE.01

Forged carbon case, forged carbon and black ceramic bezel, blackened titanium crown, black ceramic and titanium pushpieces, titanium pushpiece guards, titanium exhibition case-back fitted with a sapphire crystal– Limited edition of 1750

26290RO.OO.A001VE.01

18-carat pink gold case, forged carbon and black ceramic bezel, pink gold crown, black ceramic and pink gold pushpieces, carbon pushpiece guards, pink gold exhibition case-back fitted with a sapphire crystal– Limited edition of 650

26290PO.OO.A001VE.01

950 platinum, forged carbon and black ceramic bezel, white gold crown, black ceramic and white gold pushpieces, carbon pushpiece guards, platinum exhibition case-back fitted with a sapphire crystal – Limited edition of 75

Movement

Calibre: 3126/3840 selfwinding

Total diameter: 29.94 mm (131/4 lignes)

Casing diameter: 26 mm

Thickness: 7.16 mm

59 jewels

365 parts

Up to 60-hour power reserve

Cadence of the balance: 21,600 vibrations per hour

Variable-inertia balance with eight inertia-blocks and flat balance-spring

Geneva-type mobile balance-spring stud-holder

Three-position winding crown

Finishing: all parts meticulously decorated; mainplate circular-grained; bridges rhodium-plated, chamfered, snailed and adorned with a Côtes de Genève motif. Diamond-polished jewel sinks; wheels featuring chamfered arms and diamond-polished sinks, chamfered screw slots 22-carat gold oscillating weight partially blackened and decorated with two scoops

Cases

Diameter: 44 mm

Thickness: 15.65 mm

Case-back engraved with the inscription Royal Oak Offshore Grand Prix – Limited Edition

Water resistance: 100 m

Dials

Black with central red negative-printed exclusive “Méga Tapisserie” motif in eloxed aluminium, anthracite small seconds counter (at 12 o’clock), silvered and yellow 30-minute counter (at 9 o‘clock), silvered and black 12-hour counter (at 6 o’clock), yellow eloxed aluminium flange

Anthracite with central black negative-printed exclusive “Méga Tapisserie” motif in eloxed aluminium, anthracite small seconds counter (at 12 o’clock), silvered and yellow 30-minute counter (at 9 o‘clock), silvered and black 12-hour counter (at 6 o’clock), black eloxed aluminium flange

Black with central blue negative-printed exclusive “Méga Tapisserie” motif in eloxed aluminium, anthracite small seconds counter (at 12 o’clock), black and red 30-minute counter (at 9 o‘clock), silvered and black 12-hour counter (at 6 o’clock), silvered aluminium flange

White gold hour-markers with luminescent coating

Openworked and luminescent hour and minute hands in white or pink gold

Straps

Black calfskin and alcantara, hand-sewn with alcantara inserts and edges, pin buckle in beadblasted titanium, or 18-carat pink gold or 950 platinum.

Functions

Hours and minutes

Small seconds

Chronograph with central seconds hand, 30-minute and 12-hour counters

Flange with tachometric scale

Date

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Audemars Piguet Jules Grande Sonnerie Watch

2002 limited edition

The minute repeater carillon is a mechanism of great complexity that strikes the hours, quarters and minutes on request. These indications are obtained by 3 hammer strokes on different gongs: a low pitched one for the hours; a high pitched one for the minutes and one intermediate pitch (the one that allows for a carillon effect on the quarter hours). Striking power is calculated to achieve subtle balance and, if this balance gets to be too strong, it would muffle the sound. But in case of being too weak, the sound would be inaudible. Audemars Piguet developed the first minute repeating mechanism for a wristwatch in 1985.

Repeater movements consist of tiny parts manufactured to extremely fine tolerances. During movement assembly, the watchmaker has to hand-finish many of these components to arrive at the desired result.

While minute repeaters chime hours, quarters and minutes on 2 gongs with 2 hammers, the present watch, part of “Jules Audemars” series, will chime the quarters with 3 hammers on 3 gongs, adding a further tone to the “dingdong” enchanted connoisseurs are so familiar with.

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Tourbillon Chronograph Watch 2010 New Model

Audemars Piguet expresses horological passion in countless different ways. Tradition is omnipresent, both as a source of inspiration and as a reservoir of invaluable know-how. Certain creations, imbued with this time-honored legacy while also strongly rooted in the contemporary era, have paved the way for entirely new approaches. They combine tradition and technology, fine watchmaking and cutting-edge industrial methods. The Royal Oak Offshore Tourbillon Chronograph undoubtedly belongs to this category of exceptional watches. Its design is innovative, its materials are daring, and it beats to the rhythm of a 100% in-house movement.

Calibre 2912 is a hand-wound movement entirely developed and produced by Audemars Piguet. It combines a tourbillon, a column-wheel chronograph and a double barrel. Its distinctively modern aesthetic is expressed through the contemporary style of the bridges and the overall architecture. The sapphire crystal exhibition back provides a perfect view of the chronograph and coupling bridges accentuating the original nature of this movement through their geometrical shape and black eloxed aluminium material. The finishing is equally elegant and meticulously executed.

The Royal Oak Offshore Tourbillon Chronograph is intended for connoisseurs of fine watchmaking with a distinct preference for beautiful mechanisms along with a penchant for vanguard designs. Their attention will first be drawn to the majestic elegance of the pink gold case with its integrated pushpiece guards. The scooped decorative detailing at 1,5, 7 and 11 o'clock adds a sophisticated touch, while the alternating satin-brushed and polished finishing enhances the refinement and aesthetic appeal of each surface. The strength of this model lies chiefly in contrasts. The shimmering glow of the pink gold is set off to optimal advantage by the surrounding black zone. The legendary octagonal bezel with its polished hexagonal screws is made of forged carbon – an ultra-sporty streaked material exclusively developed for Audemars Piguet. Widely used in the aeronautical industry, it has been adapted to the small size of the parts and to the stringent finishing demands imposed by fine watchmaking standards. The pushpieces and the crown are in black ceramics. It is worth noting that the screw-lock crown is equipped with a torque-restricting system that avoids the movement being unduly strained during winding. The dial displays the same play on contrasts, with the numerals standing out clearly against its snailed black base and the black eloxed aluminium of the tourbillon and barrel bridges. Symmetry also plays a premier role on this dial. The 30-minute counter is echoed by the open-worked zone revealing the tourbillon at 9 o'clock, while the barrel cut-outs face each other at 6 and 12 o'clock, surrounded by an exquisitely fine border. The ultimate subtle details are provided by the pink gold applied numerals and the hour and minute hands with a luminescent center. The Royal Oak Offshore Tourbillon Chronograph is teamed with a black alligator leather strap featuring an AP folding clasp in 18-carat pink gold.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Royal Oak Offshore Tourbillon Chronograph

Reference

26288OF.OO.D002CR.01

Pink gold case, black crocodile leather strap

Movement

Calibre : 2912, hand-wound, two barrels, tourbillon

Total diameter : 34.60 mm (15 1/3 lignes)

Casing diameter: 33.80

Thickness : 10.67 mm

30 jewels

328 parts

Up to 237-hour power reserve

Cadence of the balance: 21,600 vibrations per hour (3 Hz)

Finishing: all parts meticulously decorated: hand-polished chamfering; mainplate featuring small circular-grained motifs, hand-drawn strokes; dial side: black eloxed aluminum tourbillon bridge and barrel bridges; movement side: chronograph bridge adorned with Audemars Piguet signature and coupling bridge in black eloxed aluminum; snailed and small circular-grained barrels bearing the Audemars Piguet signature.

Case

18-carat pink gold, scoops at 1, 5, 7 and 11 o'clock

Forged carbon bezel

Black ceramic crown and pushers

Crown with torque-restricting system

Diameter: 44 mm

Thickness: 16.60 mm

Sapphire crystal exhibition back with Royal Oak Offshore inscription

Water-resistant to 20 meters

Dial

Black, snailed and open-worked at 6, 9 and 12 o'clock

Applied hollowed pink gold numerals with luminescent coating

Black flange

Pink gold hour and minute hands with luminescent coating

Strap

Hand-sewn black alligator leather with large square scales, 18-carat pink gold AP folding clasp

Functions

Hours and minutes

Chronograph with sweep seconds hand and 30-minute counter at 3 o'clock

Flange bearing a tachometric scale

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Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Chronograph New Watch pink gold 260220R.00.D098CR

Movement

Calibre:2385,selfwinding

Total diameter:26.20 mm

Case diameter:25.6 mm

Total:5.5 mm

37 jewels

Up to 40-hour power reserve

Cadence of the balance:21,600 vibrations per hour

Finishing:all parts meticulously decorated;mainplate circular-grained and sandblasted,countersunk holes;bridges circular-grained and adorned with Cotes de Geneve

Case

18-carat pink gold

Diameter:39 mm

Thickness:10.95 mm

Water resistance:50 m

Dial

Silvered or anthractie with exclusive "Grande Tapisserie" motif

Pink gold hands and hour markers

Strap

Rolled-edge brown crocodile leather strap with pink gold AP folding clasp

Functions

Hours and minutes

Small seconds

Chronograph with central seconds hand,30-minute and 12-hour counters

Date

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Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Rose Gold Watch

The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Self-winding Chronograph Rose Gold watch ($37,000) is an immediate classic. I just love it. It has to be one of the best looking sports watches around. It features a black dial with luminous hands and hour markers, a date display at 3 o’clock, chronograph sub dials at 6, 9, and 12 o’clock, and a black rubber bezel with screw-down crown in a 42mm case on a black rubber strap. This Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Self-winding Chronograph watch also features an automatic movement with water resistance to 100 meters. It’s serious business, not to mention the serious price tag.

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Audemars Piguet Jules Audemars Jumping Hour Minute Repeater

The hours sing out once more on the new Jules Audemars watch from Audemars Piguet. They also dance across the dial with its jumping display and elegant blued Arabic numerals. Combining two in-house specialities – the Minute Repeater and Jumping Hours – this marvel of precision and harmony perpetuates Audemars Piguet’s supreme expertise in the field of complicated watches. With its case and dial featuring a new take on classical styling, it gives a fresh boost to the Jules Audemars collection. This delightful new model will be music to the ears of connoisseurs the world over.

Musical hours

Watchmakers in the Vallée de Joux have always nurtured a great passion and an innate talent for striking mechanisms. Perhaps because, amid the silence of the mountains and the hushed serenity of long snowbound winters, the crystal-clear sound of these miniature musical marvels strikes an even deeper, more meaningful chord. Or possibly because such a complex mechanism was bound to stir their legendary inventive spirit. Founded in Le Brassus in 1875, the Manufacture Audemars Piguet soon demonstrated its skills in the art of striking watches. In 1889, it presented a “Grande Complication” model equipped with a Minute Repeater mechanism striking the hours, quarters and minutes. It also devised a number of technical innovations serving to miniaturise these mechanisms: in 1891, it created a Minute Repeater model measuring a mere 18 mm in diameter; and in 1892, the first Minute Repeater wristwatch. Finally, in 1910, a Minute Repeater pocket-watch featured a magnificent movement characteristic of the elegant aesthetics cherished by the watchmakers of the Vallée de Joux. A minute repeater watch strikes on demand a low-pitched note for each hour, a double high- and low-pitched note for the quarters, and a high-pitched note for every minute that has elapsed since the last quarter. It calls for a particularly sophisticated mechanism, since the watch must not only be tuned like a musical instrument, but must also “know” at any time how many notes it must strike.

Throughout the 20th century, this know-how was displayed and consolidated in timepieces much coveted by connoisseurs, in which striking mechanisms are often combined with other complex mechanisms. In 1992, Audemars Piguet presented a wristwatch combining a Minute Repeater mechanism with another of its specialities: jumping hours. As early as 1924, making a complete break with the standard analog reading of time, the Manufacture in Le Brassus had introduced a pocket-watch with jumping hours and small seconds at 6 o’clock, distinguished by the inherently understated elegance of Art Deco.

A state-of-the-art Minute Repeater

The Audemars Piguet Calibre 2907 driving the new Jules Audemars Jumping Hour Minute Repeater is clearly inspired by the movement of the historical 1992 model, whereas the architecture has been entirely redesigned to match the new case dimensions. Audemars Piguet has implemented innovative solutions to accommodate the relatively large movement and the complex striking mechanism within a diameter of just 43 mm. Blending traditional expertise and cutting-edge technologies, the Manufacture has also endowed the audible mechanism with all the fine-tuned technical details that distinguish its latest generation of Minute Repeaters. In particular, the movement has been equipped with a device that does eliminate any audible gap when the watch does not need to strike a quarter (e.g. 9:13); the sequence of 9 hours and 13 minutes is thus struck smoothly and without any interruption. Minute Repeater watches generally preclude any manual time-setting when the striking mechanism is in operation, since this might damage the movement. To remedy this problem, Audemars Piguet has developed a system that disengages the time-setting system while the watch is striking. This set of breakthrough developments thereby enhances the reliability, the security and the user-friendliness of Minute Repeater watches, while remaining true to the aesthetic appearance of the vintage models. The jumping hour mechanism has also been optimised. So as to enlarge the numerals while making sure the disc was not too large for the movement, watchmakers had to rethink the positioning of the disc and shift it towards the centre of the calibre.

A highly contemporary face

In terms of aesthetics, Audemars Piguet has redesigned the round case of the Jules Audemars collection in a resolutely contemporary spirit. The slimmer bezel ensures maximum dial opening, creating a fine impression of space and lightness. The shimmering reflections of the finely polished and brushed pink gold or platinum surfaces emphasise the pure lines of the case featuring two lugs smoothly integrated with the bracelet. The dial also reinterprets the signature Jules Audemars classicism in a beautifully balanced composition. Its opaline base is adorned with a minute track and applied blued Arabic numerals radiating a modern and dynamic appeal. The hour aperture with its disc jumping instantly from one figure to another every sixty minutes is distinguished by a bevelled opening. The minutes are displayed in the dial centre by a flame-blued steel hand in the “Poire Paris” style. The small seconds tick away on a snailed subdial at 6 o’clock with a hollowed structure highlighted by a track motif and an original hollow-tipped baton hand.

The spirit of the Vallée

A sapphire crystal caseback enables one to admire the hand-wound Calibre 2907 with its 412 parts and its balance beating at 21,600 vibrations per hour. The architecture of this movement is entirely in harmony with the characteristic style favoured by the Vallée de Joux. The perfectly alignment of the three gear-train jewels forced the watchmakers to rebuild the entire going train. The rounded shape of most of the bridges almost appears to be drawn with a compass, starting with the crown-wheel. The finishing on the various parts is in keeping with the finest regional traditions, including mirror-polished surfaces and the care devoted to interior and external angles. All parts are finely bevelled and rhodium-plated and, depending on the specific part, decorated with “côtes de Genève” or stippled. In an exquisitely refined styling detail, the “côtes de Genève” adorning the bridges are lined up with the three gear-train jewels. This beautiful mechanical symphony is surrounded by the two Minute Repeater gongs that are struck by the two small hammers.

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph Perpetual Calendar watch

The Audemars Piguet watch design has served as the basis for a variety of exciting mechanical complications.

The Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph Perpetual Calendar watch first of all offers a chronograph feature which is capable of measuring time intervals within 30 minutes or up to 12 hours with precision to within 1/8 of a second; however what makes this watch truly remarkable is its perpetual calendar mechanism, which indicates day of the week, date, month, moonphases, and leap year, automatically adjusting to account for months of less than 31 days, and the month of February in particular (the month critically affected by the leap year cycle). Audemars Piguet has fitted the Royal Oak Offshore Perpetual Calendar Chronograph watch with a fine selfwinding movement. Based upon the excellent Jaeger-LeCoultre 889 Caliber, which has been considerably modified by Audemars Piguet, this movement demonstrates excellent reliability and winding efficiency, as well as traditional watchmaking craft. The mainplate of the movement is adorned with perlage circular graining, while the bridges show off Cotes de Geneve (striping) and edges which have been finely chamfered. The centrally mounted rotor, gilt engraved with the technical specifications and the brand signature, displays Cotes de Geneve finishing, and also a mass-enhancing peripheral sector in 21K gold.

The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Perpetual Calendar Chronograph watch features a case and bracelet made from titanium, stainless steel, or 18K gold. This intricate design, which features many dozens of intricate facets and contrasts between brushed and polished surfaces demands extensive hand finishing, and is a true masterpiece of luxurious craftsmanship. The eight sided bezel, vertically brushed on top, and polished on its sides, displays the hexagonal screws that characterize the Royal Oak watch design; the slots of these iconic screws are aligned to form a circle around the dial, which is decorated with an intricate "Grand Tapisserie" pattern and polished gold hour markers and hands which have been filled with luminous material.

Despite its exquisite complicated movement and unsurpassed finish, the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Perpetual Calendar Chronograph watch is truly sports capable, its sealed case with rubber coated crown and pushers ensuring water-resistance to a depth of 100 meters. Also of note, a soft-iron inner shield covers the movement, protecting it against the ravages of magnetic fields. To ensure that the Royal Oak Offshore Perpetual Calendar Chronograph watch stays securely fastened to its owners wrist during any activity, Audemars Piguet has equipped the bracelet with a double sided deployant clasp that has an additional folding clasp for added confidence.