A Classic Grows Up

HK Golfer watch editor Ariel Adams on the  Audemars Piguet Jules Audemars Perpetual Calendar, one of the horological highlights of 2010

Contained within the watch is an in-house made and developed ultra-thin caliber 2010/2802 automatic movement that is 4mm thick. Allow me to remind you that with its slim, yet modern size, the Jules Audemars Perpetual Calendar is part of a growing breed of classic watches made for contemporary times, and is among Audemar’s Piguet best new timepieces of the year. Priced at $59,900 US dollars and $86,710 Singapore dollars. www.audemarspiguet.com.

SCORECARD

Movement
Calibre : 2120/2802 ultra-thin selfwinding
Total diameter: 121/2 lignes (28.4 mm)
Casing diameter: 28 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
38 jewels
355 parts
Power reserve: up to 40 hours
Cadence of the balance: 19,800 vibrations per hour
Finishing: all parts decorated by hand; mainplate chamfered and circular-grained; bridges adorned with a Côtes de Genève motif

Case
18-carat pink gold
Diameter: 41 mm
Thickness: 9.15 mm
Water resistance: 20 metres
Sapphire crystal exhibition back

Dial
Brown or silvered with applied pink gold hour-markers
Pink gold hour and minute hands

Strap
Brown hand-sewn alligator leather with large square scales, 18-carat pink gold AP folding clasp

Functions
Hours and minutes
Day
Date
Month
Leap-year cycle indication
Moon phases

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Written by Ariel Adams

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