Serial Number: DW 0042
Subcategory: Desk Watch
Status: Display
Description:
Audemars Piguet, Swiss Made, Quarts, 2015 Royal Oak Table Clock
In 1875, two young men passionate about Haute Horlogerie, Jules Louis Audemars and Edward August Piguet, decided to pool their skills to design and produce watches with complications in the vallee de Joux. Determination, imagination and discipline led them to instant success. A branch in Geneva was their next move in about 1885 and new commercial links were forged in 1889 Paris World Exposition where they exhibited complication pocket watches. The Audemars Piguet Factory continued to expand as the years went by. Its creations represented major milestones in the history of Haute Horlogerie, like the first minute repeater wrist watch in 1892, and the smallest five minute repeater movement ever made in 1915. From 1918 onwards, the founders passed the reins of the business onto their sons, who in turn perfected their expertise in manufacturing men’s and ladies wristwatches. Audemars Piguet continued to build
on its now international reputation with creative designs.
In 1972, saw the launch of Royal Oak, the first immediately successful high quality sports watch in steel, followed in 1986 by the first ultra thin tourbillon wristwatch with automatic winding. The creative spirit of the manufacture has not faltered since, offering aesthetically original timekeepers with outstanding movements.
