Royal Oak Selfwinding Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin Audemars Piguet’s Royal Oak Selfwinding Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin Pushes the Boundaries of Complicated Thinness

With a movement of 2.89 mm in thickness and a case of 6.3 mm in height, the new Royal Oak Selfwinding Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin (ref. 26586IP.OO.1240IP.01) becomes the world’s thinnest automatic perpetual calendar wristwatch and marks Audemars Piguet’s latest technological milestone.

World’s thinnest selfwinding perpetual calendar

The Manufacture’s R&D team has integrated movement re-engineered to integrate an elegant ultra-thin case, development, design and ergonomics in the conception of perfectly fitting under the sleeve of a shirt and endowed this new timepiece to boost its efficiency, robustness and with a refined dial design enhancing visibility. reliability. The result? An ultra-thin selfwinding perpetual calendar wristwatch equipped with a complex movement

— 2 — Movement Re-Engineered into One Single Level

3 layers become 1

To reach an ultra-thin movement of 2.89 mm in reducing adjustment and assembly time. The dial, too, has height, the perpetual calendar functions, normally been redesigned compared to previous Royal Oak Perpetual arranged on three levels have been merged into one Calendar models (such as ref. 26574). The day, date and single layer. This led to the development of two pioneering month subdials have been enlarged for optimum legibility, and patented innovations: the end-of-the-month cam has while the night and day indication at 8 o’clock has been been integrated to the date wheel, while the month cam added symmetrically to the leap year indication positioned has been combined to the month wheel. The geometry of at 4 o’clock. each component has also been optimised from the onset,

— 3 — Elegant Look and Lighter Feel

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RD#2 prototype Royal Oak Selfwinding Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin

Evolving from the initial 950 platinum RD#2 prototype polished and satin-brushed surfaces adorning the case, presented in 2018 at the SIHH, the Royal Oak bracelet and bezel elevates the aesthetic contrast provided Selfwinding Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin combines by the two materials. In addition, the dial of the Royal Oak titanium and 950 platinum for an elegant look and Selfwinding Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin is no longer a significant lighter feel on the wrist. As for the endowed with a blue “Grande Tapisserie” pattern. Instead, movement, the case, bracelet and dial have been finished its blue satin finishing enhances legibility as well as the by the expert hands of our craftsmen. The alternation of watch’s refined aesthetics.

— 4 — Balance Between Traditional Savoir-Faire and Advanced Technology

Pushing further the limits of Haute Horlogerie

Although the advent of simultaneous multi-parametric This balance between traditional watchmaking technologies has enabled Audemars Piguet to think and emerging technologies has always been at differently to re-engineer its perpetual calendar movement, the core of Audemars Piguet’s savoir-faire history. its latest launch results, first and foremost, from the For instance, the emergence of CAD (Computer-Aided hard work of its engineers, designers, programmers Design) and CNC (Computer Numerical Control) spurred and watchmakers who have pushed further the limits Audemars Piguet’s creativity in the 1980s, forging a new of their craft to create a new generation of calibres path for the company and the industry as a whole. and watches designed with today’s contemporary lifestyle in mind.

— 5 — Pioneering Calendar Watches and Extra-Thin Mechanisms

Looking back, the Royal Oak Selfwinding Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin also inscribes itself in the Manufacture’s long history of pioneering calendar watches and extra-thin mechanisms. Champion of miniaturisation since its establishment in 1875, Audemars Piguet quickly charted its own course in the development of extra-small and extra-thin mechanisms with and without complications.

1921 1938 1955 1967 1978 1986

In 1921, the Audemars Piguet set In 1955, Audemars The post-world war Never standing still, The first-ever Manufacture launched another technological Piguet produced era marks Audemars the Manufacture selfwinding the thinnest pocket record in 1938 the first perpetual Piguet’s revived released, at the wristwatch with a watch ever crafted with this extra-thin calendar wristwatch focus on extra-thin height of the Quartz tourbillon. In 1986, with a movement wristwatch calibre with a leap year mechanisms, leading Crisis, the world’s it was the thinnest of only 1.32 mm in measuring 1.64 mm indication: model to the development thinnest selfwinding of its kind (5.3 mm) thickness (calibre in thickness. 5516 with calibre of calibre 2120 in perpetual calendar with the smallest 17SVF#5). 13VZSSQP. 1967, the thinnest wristwatch, with a tourbillon (7.2 mm). selfwinding movement calibre (2120/2800) Today, it still remains of its time measuring of 3.95 mm in height. the smallest tourbillon 2.45 mm. ever produced.

AP Heritage Inv. 250 Ref. 5043 Ref. 5516 Audemars Piguet Archives Ref. 5548 Ref. 25643 AP Heritage Inv. 912 AP Heritage Inv. 1732 Ref. 51273 AP Heritage Inv. 1445 AP Heritage Inv. 1057

These technological innovations ushered the resurgence of complicated wristwatches during and after the Quartz Crisis, bringing Audemars Piguet at the forefront of complicated innovation.

— 6 — A New Generation of Complicated Watches

Robustness and refined aesthetics

Today, the Royal Oak Selfwinding Perpetual Calendar Ultra- balancing refined aesthetics, optimum ergonomics, Thin is the world’s thinnest perpetual calendar wristwatch technical complexity, ancestral savoir-faire and and marks a turning point for Audemars Piguet, paving the contemporary lifestyle. way for a new generation of complicated watches

“To break the rules, you must first master them.”

— 7 — Technical Specifications Royal Oak Selfwinding Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin // 41mm

Functions Perpetual calendar with day, date, astronomical moon, month, leap year, night and day indication, hours and minutes

Case Satin-brushed titanium case, glareproofed sapphire crystal and caseback, polished 950 platinum bezel and links, titanium screw-locked crown, water-resistant to 20 m

Dial Blue satin-brushed dial, blue counters, white gold applied hour-markers and Royal Oak hands with luminescent coating

Bracelet Ref. 26586IP.OO.124 0 IP.01 Satin-brushed titanium bracelet with polished 950 platinum links and titanium AP folding clasp

Movement Selfwinding Manufacture Calibre 5133 Total diameter 32 mm (14¼ lignes) Total thickness 2.89 mm

Number of parts 256 Front side Number of jewels 37 Power reserve 40h Frequency of balance wheel 2.75Hz (19,800 vibrations/hour)

Back side

— 8 — Assets

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Movie RD#2 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40va5vEtKqY

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Audemars Piguet is the oldest fine watchmaking manufacturer still in the hands of its founding families (Audemars and Piguet). Since 1875, the company has written some of the finest chapters in the history of Haute Horlogerie, including a number of world firsts. In the Vallée de Joux, at the heart of the Swiss Jura, numerous masterpieces are created in limited series embodying a remarkable degree of horological perfection, including daring sporty models, classic and traditional timepieces, splendid ladies’ jewellery-watches, as well as one-of-a-kind creations. www.audemarspiguet.com

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