Audemars Piguet

Audemars Piguet (AP) is a Swiss luxury watch brand and was founded in 1875. Tiffany, Cartier and Bulgari used Audemars watches to offer them (relabeled) under their own brands. Since 1882, the Audemars and Piguet families have been involved with the AP company without interruption. The brand is especially known for the iconic Royal Oak, designed by Gérald Genta.

Oak or Oyster? Comparing Steel Luxury Sports Watches from Audemars Piguet and Rolex

Rolex Oyster steel models are hard to come by and are trading well above their original retail price. For just a bit more money you can purchase alternative models from Audemars Piguet’s Royal Oak line. Is it worth it? ChronographsThe Rolex Daytona in steel has been a rarity for quite some time. But the confusing...

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May 4, 2021 by Jens Koch

A Marvel of a Limited Edition: Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept “Black Panther” Flying Tourbillon

While much of the watch media world’s attention was riveted to the recently concluded Watches & Wonders exhibitions, and the array of noteworthy timepieces making their debut there, independent high-watchmaking maison Audemars Piguet was making major news of its own, apart from the fairs in Geneva and Shanghai. On April 10, at a star-studded virtual...

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Apr 20, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

FEATURE

Progress Through Technology: 10 Tourbillon Watches with High-Tech Designs

Audi’s "progress through technology" motto also applies to the importance of the tourbillon for watch design, because this eye-catching complication greatly enhances a timepiece’s visual appeal. From our Special Design Issue, here are 10 highly technical tourbillon watches.

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Mar 12, 2021 by Alexander Krupp

PORTFOLIO

Eternal Time: 6 Modern Perpetual Calendar Watches

In modern watchmaking, a perpetual calendar indicates the date, and corrects automatically for months with less than 31 days, as well as leap years. Unless the movement takes into account century years that are not leap years, a perpetual calendar will need manual adjusting in 2100, 2200 and 2300. Usually, a perpetual calendar combines additional complications (a moon-phase, for example). From WatchTime's February 2018 issue, here are six watches that are (almost) ready for eternity.

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Mar 8, 2021 by WatchTime

FEATURE:

Undercover Wrist: Six Noteworthy Camouflage Watches

Not just intended for outdoor recreation these days, camouflage has emerged as a trendy and bold alternative for your daily wristwear. Found on both watch straps and dials, the military-focused hue isn’t one normally associated with the luxury world of watchmaking but it has evolved into a distinct look for those in search of a...

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Mar 5, 2021 by WatchTime

FEATURE

Essence of Emerald: 15 Green-Dial Watches On Sale Now

It doesn’t get any greener in today’s watch world. Or does it? There have never been as many green watches as there are today, and in this feature we explore the emergence of the trend and showcase 15 currently available emerald-hued timepieces. Although blue has been the most prominent trendy color for watches for the...

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Jan 18, 2021 by Ruediger Bucher

2020, The Watch Year in Review: 10 Captivating Chronographs

It goes without saying: 2020 was far from an ideal year for most of us. Looking back, however, it was also a year that brought many noteworthy watch launches despite the huge obstacles posed by the pandemic and its effects on the world economy. As we look ahead hopefully to 2021, it’s time for our...

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Dec 27, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Selfwinding Flying Tourbillon Debuts in Three Case Metals

Audemars Piguet can look back on a long history of high horology and sophisticated complications, and for its latest feat in this arena the manufacture has installed a flying tourbillon, for the first time, into its flagship Royal Oak Selfwinding collection. The new Royal Oak Selfwinding Flying Tourbillon, comprising three distinctive models, incorporates the recently...

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Nov 24, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

Sunburst Meets Frost: Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept Frosted Gold Flying Tourbillon

Audemars Piguet has introduced a new take on its women's Royal Oak Concept Flying Tourbillon, which continues the theme — established in the brand's 2018 Carolina Bucci Limited Edition Royal Oak Frosted Gold — of interweaving refined feminine aesthetics with complicated micro-mechanics.

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Aug 22, 2020 by Corey Vlahos

PORTFOLIO

Splash! A Plunge Into the Colorful World of Watersports Watches

Take the plunge with us into the colorful world of water sports. Here you can find professional instruments with appealing technologies, styles, and prices. In this article, we present divers’ watches without complex additional functions (e.g., chronographs) because the watches listed here are designed to focus your undivided attention on the time of day and the...

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Aug 19, 2020 by Alexander Krupp

Color Coded: Audemars Piguet Updates Code 11.59 Collection

A year after the launch of the brand's Code 11:59 collection, Audemars Piguet has introduced a clutch of new references featuring lacquered dials and two-toned cases. The new models spread across the brand's self-winding date and chronograph models...

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Jul 11, 2020 by WatchTime

FEATURE:

Hello, Newman! 10 Panda-Dial Chronographs That Aren’t the Rolex Paul Newman Daytona

Actual pandas are a rare and vulnerable species, only recently removed from the endangered list, but "panda dial" watches — loosely described as chronographs with black subdials on a predominantly white main dial — are more ubiquitous than ever, especially in the wake of the record-breaking auction sale of the world's most famous panda-dial watch, Paul Newman's Rolex Daytona. Here we round up 10 currently available panda-dial watches.

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Jul 8, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

Numbers Up: Audemars Piguet Launches Three Royal Oak Offshore Selfwinding Chronographs with Arabic Numerals

Audemars Piguet has added a full palette of colors to its most sporty and robust model, the Royal Oak Offshore Selfwinding Chronograph, over the last few years. This year, the manufacture introduces a trio of new colorful references, in black ceramic cases, whose "Mega Tapisserie" dials feature a subtle variation from previous versions: new Arabic hour numerals in place of the traditional baton indexes.

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Jun 30, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

CLASSIC DESIGNS:

5 Iconic Watches from the Mind of Gérald Genta

We take a look at 5 of legendary watch designer Gerald Genta's most notable watch creations, including the Patek Philippe Nautilus and Audemars Piguet Royal Oak.

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May 4, 2020 by WatchTime

NEWS

Reviving a Rarity: Audemars Piguet [Re]Master 01 Chronograph

The most dominant trend in the watch industry continues to be vintage revivals. And invariably, it’s the brands with a rich tapestry of work in their historical archives that tend to thrive in the category. Audemars Piguet now looks back at a mid-20th century model to create the [Re]master01 self-winding chronograph.

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Mar 29, 2020 by WatchTime

FEATURE

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Maurice Lacroix Aikon Automatic 42

This week on “Vintage Eye,” we visit one of the most hotly debated vintage-inspired watches of the past few years, taking a deep dive into the Maurice Lacroix Aikon Automatic 42mm. If you’re unfamiliar with the watch — but are familiar with a little model called the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak — then you can...

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Jan 26, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

2019: THE WATCH YEAR IN REVIEW

10 Important Chronograph Watches Launched in 2019

As we approach the end of 2019 and prepare for 2020 — surely destined to be another interesting year in the world of watches — we take a look back at some of the most noteworthy timepieces that came out this year, in various popular categories. Today, we look at 10 chronograph watches released in...

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Dec 23, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

TIME TRAVEL

Eight Must-Visit Watch Museums in Switzerland

Switzerland is home to many great watch museums, and in this WatchTime feature we present 8 of the most interesting Swiss watch museums, including the Omega Museum in Bienne, the IWC Museum in Schaffhausen and MIH in La Chaux-de-Fonds.

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Nov 2, 2019 by Roger Ruegger

NEWS:

Now Available: The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Selfwinding Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin, the World’s Thinnest Automatic Perpetual Calendar

Audemars Piguet made a big splash at SIHH 2018 when it introduced the Royal Oak RD#2 Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin, a concept watch that claimed the title of being the world’s thinnest automatic timepiece featuring a perpetual calendar. When that watch was shown to the press during the annual Geneva showcase, there was no word on...

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Aug 27, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

WATCH TO WATCH

Chrono in Camo: Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Selfwinding Chronograph

Despite the industry-wide focus on its much-discussed, much-debated new Code 11:59 collection, Audemars Piguet actually did launch several other noteworthy new timepieces in 2019, most of them extensions of the manufacture's Royal Oak and Royal Oak Offshore families. From the latter series hails three new Selfwinding Chronograph models with colorful ceramic case elements and color-coordinated camouflage-motif rubber straps.

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Aug 8, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

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