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Selfwinding Flying Tourbillon Chronograph a Contemporary Take on Tradition CODE 11.59 BY AUDEMARS PIGUET SELFWINDING FLYING TOURBILLON CHRONOGRAPH A CONTEMPORARY TAKE ON TRADITION The Swiss Haute Horlogerie manufacturer evolves the Limited to 50 pieces, this complex watch endowed Code 11.59 by Audemars Piguet collection with a new with contemporary aesthetics and distinct architectural Selfwinding Flying Tourbillon Chronograph. For the first elements brings forward the Manufacture’s progressive time ever, Audemars Piguet dares to combine the approach to traditional craftsmanship. classicism and prestige of the flying tourbillon with the modernity of the flyback chronograph – the sporting complication par excellence. The blue lacquered inner bezel nicely frames the watch’s alternation of openworked rhodium-toned and black galvanic bridges that confers a unique 3D effect and reveals part of the watch’s beating heart. 2 STATE-OF-THE-ART ARCHITECTURE “The thread that connects all of our products – past and present – is that our cases are the canvas for highly detailed hand-finishing that creates a play of light when one examines the case’s architectural geometry. The new Code 11.59 by Audemars Piguet Selfwinding Flying Tourbillon Chronograph amplifies this experience by emphasizing the contrast of light and the various finishing techniques of the openworked dial elements and the multi-layered complex mechanism. All aspects of the watch – case, dial and movement – are essential platforms for our watchmakers and artisans to express their craft and the continuing story of Audemars Piguet.” Michael Friedman Head of Complications, Audemars Piguet This high complication watch unites an 18-carat white The transparent chronograph counters at 3 and gold case with a three-dimensional architectural face 9 o’clock reveal part of the complex mechanism, design blurring the line between dial and movement. while the impactful flying tourbillon makes its rotation The contrast of rhodium-toned and black galvanic at 6 o’clock. The blued lacquered inner bezel, white openworked bridges honed from titanium and nickel gold hands and chronograph rings add a subtle touch silver, brings depth and play of light to the watch. The of colour, which is enhanced by the watch’s dark blue movement as well as all design elements, which hand-stitched alligator strap. count more than 100 hand-polished angles, are meticulously finished by hand with an alternation of satin-brushing and sandblasting. 3 The complex double curved sapphire crystal, which calibre 2952, the Manufacture’s newest selfwinding perfectly integrates the geometry of the watch’s extra- movement endowed with a flying tourbillon and a thin bezel, offers a unique perspective on the dial’s flyback chronograph. The openworked rhodium-toned contemporary aesthetics and refined hand-finishing. 22-carat pink gold oscillating weight harmoniously The sapphire caseback reveals through its satin- matches the bridges’ and case’s colour. brushed and sandblasted openworked bridges part of The watch’s rhodium-toned openworked bridges, visible through the sapphire caseback, reveal the complexity of selfwinding calibre 2952, which combines the modernity of the flyback chronograph with the prestige of the flying tourbillon. 4 AUDEMARS PIGUET, A PIONEER IN TOURBILLON WRISTWATCHES Code 11.59 by Audemars Piguet Selfwinding Flying The Code 11.59 by Audemars Piguet Selfwinding Tourbillon Chronograph continues to uphold the Flying Tourbillon Chronograph represents, however, Manufacture’s pioneering development in terms of the first time this combination is evolved at tourbillon wristwatches. The tourbillon invented by Audemars Piguet with a flying tourbillon – a complicated Abraham-Louis Breguet in 1801 was a rare find in mechanism which the Manufacture first released in pocket watches across the world and almost entirely 2018 in the Royal Oak Concept collection. By bringing absent from wristwatches before 1986. To this day, together the chronograph and the flying tourbillon in it has remained a symbol of watchmaking excellence its latest Code 11.59 by Audemars Piguet collection, and art as only a few watchmakers are trained to the manufacturer continues to move ancestral perfect this mechanism. craftsmanship forward by preserving and reinterpreting traditions. In the early 1980s, Georges Golay, Audemars Piguet’s General Director, challenged Serge Meylan, a young constructor newly arrived in the workshops, to give life to the first selfwinding tourbillon in the history of wristwatches – a considerable challenge as the Ahead of its time, this Audemars Piguet watch released in 1986 combines the world’s first selfwinding tourbillon wristwatch movement had to fit in an ultra-slim 5.3 mm-thick mechanism with an avant-garde design. case. Serge successfully met the challenge and this tourbillon is still one of the smallest in the world today with a diameter of 7.2 mm, as well as one of the lightest at just 0.123 grams. Introduced in 1986, this wristwatch forged a new path for the entire high-end watchmaking sector, which renewed ties with this complicated mechanism. The Manufacture combined the tourbillon and the chronograph for the first time in 1999 in the Jules Audemars Tradition d’Excellence n°1 wristwatch – a limited edition of 20 pieces in platinum uniting tourbillon, chronograph and minute repeater in a movement entirely developed and produced in- house. It was followed in 2003 by Audemars Piguet’s first chronograph tourbillon movement, hand-wound calibre 2889, launched in the Royal Oak collection (ref. 25977). Since then, this complicated movement has seen numerous evolutions across the Manufacture’s collections. 5 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Code 11.59 by Audemars Piguet Selfwinding Flying Tourbillon Chronograph / 41 mm 26399BC.OO.D321CR.01 FUNCTIONS DIAL Flying Tourbillon, flyback chronograph, hours, minutes Lacquered blue inner bezel, openworked dial, blued and small seconds. 18-carat white gold hands. CASE STRAP 18-carat white gold case, double glareproofed Hand-stitched “large square-scale” blue alligator strap sapphire crystal, glareproofed sapphire caseback, with 18-carat white gold AP folding clasp. water-resistant to 30 m. Front side Back side MOVEMENT SPECIFICATION Selfwinding Manufacture Calibre 2952 Diameter 32.6 mm (14 ½ lignes) Thickness 9.13 mm Number of parts 479 Number of jewels 40 Minimum power reserve guaranteed 65 h Frequency of balance wheel 3 Hz (21,600 vibrations/hour) 6 Join the discussion @AudemarsPiguet Please find the visuals under the following link: https://audemarspiguet.picturepark.com/Go/8N7NMLLE Follow us #Code1159 #AudemarsPiguet Facebook https://www.facebook.com/audemarspiguet Instagram https://www.instagram.com/audemarspiguet LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/audemars-piguet Twitter https://www.twitter.com/AudemarsPiguet Weibo https://e.weibo.com/audemarspiguetchina Youku https://i.youku.com/aptvofficial YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/audemarspiguet Notes to Editors About Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet is the oldest fine watchmaking manufacturer still in the hands of its founding families (Audemars and Piguet). Based in Le Brassus since 1875, the company has nurtured generations of talented craftspeople who have continuously developed new skills and techniques, broadening their savoir-faire to set rule-breaking trends. In the Vallée de Joux, at the heart of the Swiss Jura, Audemars Piguet has created numerous masterpieces, testament to the Manufacture’s ancestral craftsmanship and forward-thinking spirit. Sharing its passion and savoir-faire with watch enthusiasts worldwide through the language of emotions, Audemars Piguet has established enriching exchanges among fields of creative practices and fostered an inspired community. Born in Le Brassus, raised around the world. — www.audemarspiguet.com Image Credits Karin Creuset Diode All photographs are non-contractual. Audemars Piguet reserves the right to make changes at any time on the models presented in the booklet. ©AUDEMARS PIGUET 2020 7 .
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