Audemars Piguet

The Audemars Piguet Double Balance Wheel Openworked
The Audemars Piguet Double Balance Wheel Openworked

A technically exotic, artistic take on a classic design. The Royal Oak, thanks to the recent win by the Code 11.59 Universelle at the GPH...

Audemars Piguet Wins Big At The GPHG
Audemars Piguet Wins Big At The GPHG

The company’s Code 11.59 Universelle RD#4 takes home the top prize, the Aiguille D’Or. The 2023 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie...

Audemars Piguet Launches New Code 11.59 38mm Models
Audemars Piguet Launches New Code 11.59 38mm Models

Go small or go home. Code 11.59 from Audemars Piguet has been around since 2019 and while it remains handily outnumbered in terms of tota...

Why Audemars Piguet’s New Jumbo Extra-Thin Has A Glass Bezel
Why Audemars Piguet’s New Jumbo Extra-Thin Has A Glass Bezel

Metallic glass may be the ideal material for one of the biggest scratch magnets in watchmaking. If you have ever owned, or know anyone wh...

Stop Wearing Stainless Steel
Stop Wearing Stainless Steel

As the end of summer approaches, allow me to offer some belated advice. This summer has been, in a word, hot. Very, very hot. In fact, it...

The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar In Titanium
The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar In Titanium

Certain complications become identified with particular brands for a reason. Of the great classic watch brands in Switzerland, probably t...

Modern Musical Magic: The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak ‘Supersonnerie’ In Titanium
Modern Musical Magic: The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak ‘Supersonner...

Using old skill and new tech to break the sound barrier. The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Supersonnerie is a relatively new take on construc...

The New York Auctions — One Week Later
The New York Auctions — One Week Later

I like New York in June, How About You? Last week saw the auction world swing back to New York City with collectors and enthusiasts desce...

Auction Alert: Philippe Dufour for Audemars Piguet Pocket Watch No.1
Auction Alert: Philippe Dufour for Audemars Piguet Pocket Watch No.1

The triple-signed Grande et Petite Sonnerie is set to hit the block during The Geneva Watch Auction: XVII, May 13-14 The term “history” i...

The Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar In Platinum, Ref. 25829PT
The Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar In Platinum, Ref. 25829PT

A high-horology heavyweight. While there may be some room for debate over whether or not a tourbillon is a complication (as well as how t...

Taking Sides: The Tourbillon is Not a Complication
Taking Sides: The Tourbillon is Not a Complication

Why one of today’s most popular complications is anything but. In this first installment of Taking Sides, Jack Forster and Griffin ...

The Jules Audemars Chronometer “ChronAP”
The Jules Audemars Chronometer “ChronAP”

“An interest in escapements is a sign of horological maturity.” – Me. The Swiss lever escapement has enjoyed an industrial ...

A Few Things I Didn’t Hate from Watches and Wonders 2023
A Few Things I Didn’t Hate from Watches and Wonders 2023

Variety is the spice of life. This year’s Watches and Wonders Geneva was the biggest version of the show so far — there were over...

Tourbillon Chronicles Part III: Rise of the Wristwatch
Tourbillon Chronicles Part III: Rise of the Wristwatch

The last word in pocket watch accuracy becomes the first name in wristwatch complications. In the late 1970s, as we (probably) all know, ...

Tourbillon Chronicles Part II: Two Centuries Of Evolution
Tourbillon Chronicles Part II: Two Centuries Of Evolution

How the tourbillon earned its reputation as one of the pinnacles of watchmaking. During his lifetime, Breguet produced only a small numbe...

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