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Remaking a classic
Life, Noko, Published on 23/06/2023
» During the Quartz Crisis, Gérald Genta designed a series of steel sports watches that included Ingenieur SL (Reference 1832).
Icon celebrates its golden jubilee
Life, Published on 28/10/2022
» At the 1972 edition of the Swiss Watch Fair in Basel, Audemars Piguet introduced the revolutionary Royak Oak in stainless steel armour protecting the thinnest self-winding mechanical movement of its era. Because of its hefty price tag, steel was ennobled with the same status as gold.
Golden anniversary
Life, Published on 03/12/2021
» Next year, Audemars Piguet will celebrate 50 years of the Royal Oak, the first luxury sports watch with a case made of steel.
Luxury brands meet in Geneva
Life, Published on 12/06/2020
» After cancellations of BaselWorld and Watches & Wonders, the only big watch event in 2020 will be Geneva Watch Days, scheduled from Aug 26-29.
A new way to watch
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 12/06/2020
» Since 1991, having run annually for almost two decades, the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) luxury watch showcase needed a makeover due to changes in the industry.
Royal Oak concept tourbillon chronograph
Holiday Time, Published on 21/12/2018
» The Royal Oak Concept was first unveiled in 2002 as an avant-garde, 30th-anniversary tribute to Audemars Piguet’s legendary octagonal Royal Oak – designed by Gérald Genta as the world’s first luxury watch in stainless steel, with an extremely strong Alacrite 60 case and a dial-less finish, displaying the intricate movement it houses. The revolutionary aesthetic lines of this piece can be found throughout the range, where the movement and casing of the various models are created from highly technical materials such as titanium, forged carbon, aluminium or white ceramic.
Striking gold
Life, Prapai Kraisornkovit, Published on 24/03/2016
» At the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH 2016), staged early this year in Geneva, fine Swiss watchmakers Audemars Piguet brought a classic precious metal back to the forefront of luxury watchmaking, by unveiling their new Royal Oak timepieces in yellow gold, combining it with classic complications.
Hello to yellow
Life, Noko, Published on 28/08/2015
» Back in 1972, it was a gamble for Audemars Piguet to give an "unprecedented steel watch" a hefty price tag but the Swiss maison successfully introduced the robust and beautiful sporty model that became an iconic design and has been reinterpreted many times as a series of Royal Oak timepieces.
Watch inspired by F1
Life, Published on 07/12/2012
» Driving is definitely his thing, but how about designing?