Audemars Piguet Unveils the New Caliber 7138 to Mark the Start of Its Anniversary Year
Audemars Piguet, the prestigious Swiss luxury watchmaker renowned for its exceptional craftsmanship, innovation, and timeless designs, celebrates its 150th anniversary in 2025. Established in 1875 by Jules-Louis Audemars and Edward-Auguste Piguet in Le Brassus, the brand has consistently been at the forefront of horological excellence. It is one of the few remaining independent watchmakers, preserving its legacy of producing high-end timepieces that combine artistry, precision, and technical mastery.
With the launch of the 150th anniversary celebration, what better way is there kick it off than with a new perpetual calendar movement? This complication is capable of adjusting automatically the varying lengths of months and leap years, ensuring that the watch consistently displays the correct combination of day, date, and month until 2100. Audemars Piguet has been pioneering this function since 1875, and the new self-winding Caliber 7138 carries this legacy forward.
Five years in the making and meticulously finished and decorated, it consists of 422 individual components. One of its standout features is an intricate mechanism for quickly adjusting all calendar displays via the crown. This design is particularly user-friendly, as it allows for seamless adjustments in just one crown position— whether turning it clockwise or counterclockwise. The crown can be pulled into four positions, offering two different settings with each position, making it easy to set the various functions.
The debut of the Caliber 7138 is celebrated with three stunning timepieces from Audemars Piguet’s most iconic collections: the Royal Oak, introduced in 1972, and the Code 11.59, the youngest of the brand's collection which was unveiled in 2019. The first model, the 41mm Code 11.59 Perpetual Calendar comes in white gold with a smoked blue embossed dial with a matching inner bezel and tone-on-tone sub dials and a color-coordinated textile strap. This model retails for $109,300.
Alongside it, two variations of the Royal Oak, also in the 41mm format, offer the distinct aesthetics of the iconic luxury sports watch, such as the Grande Tapisserie pattern on the dial and the octagonal bezel. One is crafted in stainless steel with a blue dial, and the other in the manufacture's sand gold— a matte, subtly shimmering gold alloy— paired with a sand gold dial.
The stainless steel execution retails for $109,000. The price information of the gold iteration is available by request.
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