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VIDEO - The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Double Balance Wheel Openworked 15407 Fully Explained
At the SIHH 2016, Audemars Piguet introduced a new version of its?Royal Oak Openworked, and this time, it featured a?Double Balance Wheel… Why replace this superb model? And why have two balances??We all know that images are better than words in order to understand, so let’s turn the floor over to the CEO of Audemars Piguet,?Fran?ois-Henry Bennahmias (and you’ll see, there’s a fun story behind the creation of this watch) and Gilles Pellet, Head of Product Quality Department at Audemars Piguet, to discover the superb and technically-advanced?Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Double Balance Wheel Openworked 15407.One of the boldest models in the Royal Oak collection, alongside the classical?15400 and the ultra-thin 15202, has always been the Openworked Selfwinding version 15305 – so-to-say, a connoisseur’s watch, made for the collectors who care about watchmaking and who know how to recognize a true Haute-Horlogerie execution and decoration. This watch, in a 3
Introducing The AP Royal Oak Jumbo 16202BC Blue/White Gold
Following the release last year of an updated Royal Oak Jumbo Extra-Thin collection – the 16202ST, for the steel model – in the frame of the 50th anniversary of the brand’s iconic watch, Audemars Piguet is today releasing a new version that, visually, will feel familiar to fans of the model. If I say 14802PT…? Yes, this extremely rare version of the Royal Oak Jumbo Jubilee 20-year, made of platinum, in only 20 examples, with some of the examples featuring a grained blue Tuscan dial. Well, it’s somehow back, with the new Royal Oak Jumbo Ultra-Thin 16202BC, a boutique-exclusive white gold version with… a grained blue dial.?The inspiration, the 20th-anniversary Royal Oak Jumbo Jubilee 14802PT, in platinum with grained blue dial – image by Phillips WatchesLooking at the image of the 14802PT above, it is obvious where AP found the inspiration. The brand doesn’t hide its strategy with the new Jumbo 16202 collection, which pays tribute to histor
The Best High-End Skeletonized Watches of 2022 So Far - Monochrome Watches
It takes tremendous amounts of knowledge and craftsmanship to open up a dial or a movement, or both for that matter, to reveal the inner beauty of a watch. The art of skeletonization remains one of the most intriguing watchmaking styles available. And I don't mean cutting a hole in the dial to reveal the balance wheel. No, I am talking about exposing as much as possible, even leaving a traditional dial out of the equation altogether. I am talking about proper fully skeletonized watchmaking, and this year we've already seen quite a few extremely impressive examples.Cartier Masse MysterieuseThe enigmatic Cartier Masse Mysterieuse is easily one of the most fascinating watches presented in 2022. This puzzling watch by the Grand Dame pushes the Mysterieuse concept to the next level. Set in a 43.5mm wide platinum case is a completely suspended, self-driving movement. The semi-circular construction also happens to be entirely skeletonized, revealing its intricacies yet never fully disclosing
Hands-on - Hublot Classic Fusion Berluti - Baselworld 2016 (Live pics & price) - Monochrome Watches
We’re not going to ask you if you are aware of Hublot as a brand and of one of their specialties: partnerships (like for example with football teams or?Italian car maker). We bet you’re aware of this. For the 2016 edition of Baselworld, this is not going to change. However, their latest collaboration made a huge impression on us, first because the brand they are teaming with is certainly amongst the finest shoemakers around the world and also because the concept has been pushed extremely far, making it quite striking. Here is the?Hublot Classic Fusion Berluti.With this partnership, Hublot continues its path in style – lifestyle and fashion oriented collaborations. Like they did with denim watches, with camo printings or even with lace, the latest idea was to insert leather. Well, in fact most watches do already have leather, at least those on a leather strap. So Hublot had to find something more. From the words of the CEO,?Ricardo Guadalupe, the brand “wanted to
The new Tudor Black Bay Pro is ready to travel the world.
The Black Bay has been an immense success for Tudor, with countless iterations since it was first launched in 2012. What started as a handsome retro-diver morphed into much, much more. We now have multiple complications, Master Chronometer certification and a range of different materials to choose from. Tudor now moves the Black Bay more in the direction of a professional tool watch with its new Black Bay Pro. It retains its vintage appeal but combines it with a new manufacture movement, a fixed 24-hour bezel and a practical GMT indication.The Black Bay Pro has a 39mm wide stainless steel case with brushed and polished finishings. So far, nothing spectacular or groundbreaking, but then you get to the bezel. While there is already a GMT version of the Black Bay in the collection, this Black Bay Pro changes things up a bit. On top of the case is a fixed steel bezel with a black-filled 24-hour scale. This closely resembles the design of the first-ever Explorer II, ref. 1655 from the ear