Why in addition to the Royal Oak, the essence of Audemars Pigeut is a calendar?

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Watch the clock [technology] This matter should not be delayed. straight into the topic. When I wrote this article, it was February 28, 2017. February is the 28 day of this year, after today is the year of March 1st. When the article in the watch house was published, I think it was early March. As a student who is to write the table, every year to February will prepare a calendar of the content, this day has passed many years. Fortunately, this year in the watch house, the first time I don't have to scratch, under various constraints, trying to be without any contact between the various brands of calendar table, pulled into a large article far fetched. Although I do this for many years, but I do not know the meaning of. This year, I want to have a relaxed mood and you have to share some of my admiration for the calendar. They are not from Patek Philippe, but from Audemars Pigeut.

Audemars Pigeut is the inventor of the modern calendar, only is in a historical period of production calendar watch factory, the whole calendar, calendar and other production history of Audemars Pigeut watches.

There are several calendar table in the watch industry, perennial people have "admire", this table has several basic calendar to the peak of this kind of watch industry calendar watch, but it is very difficult to achieve beyond.

1, Patek Philippe calendar. The calendar is the core of Patek Philippe's complex function, and the combination of calendar times for Patek Philippe's most iconic watches category, two functions with the disk layout in perfect harmony, a seamless heavenly robe, watch industry almost no similar and comparable to Patek Philippe watches.

Patek Philippe 5270 calendar chronograph, 5270 is Patek Philippe in the sale of calendar chronograph masterpiece.

2, the universal calendar. The above calendar in 80s is the beginning of Da Vince calendar, will complete 4 years in digital form (as of 2017) to dial. And a crown set by adjusting the calendar function, become the symbol of universal function. Later all nations for imitation, reference object. And then further developed nations big jumps calendar calendar.

The famous 4 words for year calendar, IWC Portuguese calendar.

3, when Henry admires the calendar. Henry Mu when marked with minimalist calendar. Took a look at the watch, the disk and the general calendar without distinction, is actually a complex calendar. 12 months showed through a small arrow central dial indicator, dial 12 range of time scales will refer to the 12 month, leap instructions on the back of the watch. Minimalist design calendar watch industry the one and only.

When Henry admires the minimalist calendar, on the surface, like an ordinary watch.

4, Audemars Pigeut, Vacheron Constantin calendar. Audemars Pigeut and Vacheron Constantin calendar (basically the same reasons detailed below), this is a Patek Philippe calendar, the layout is very harmonious and perfect calendar, is located in the 12 leap month and the points, plus 6 points in the phases of the moon, watch the safe, simple and beautiful.

The Vacheron Constantin calendar week.

Of course, in addition to the 4 calendar, there are some other calendar, such as Rojdu and the last hop inverse calendar, but the 4 calendar is in China the largest number, the most altar table calendar, have very strong mass base. Thus it can be seen several love on the calendar. Today is the protagonist of Audemars Pigeut calendar.

Although the calendar function has been more than 100 years of history, but the modern sense is the invention of the Audemars Pigeut calendar watch.

What is modern meaning? Audemars Pigeut first flat on the calendar watch leap year display, so it is a perpetual calendar. The Audemars Pigeut 5516 is the history of the first modern calendar table. We can see in the dial 12 points, there was a split into 4 parts of the leap year display (note that Audemars Pigeut will be the date on the outer dial, with the indicator, the new Audemars Pigeut calendar also used this layout). The history of the famous Patek Philippe calendar 3448, dial no leap, I have been wondering how they show no difference between flat leap leap year it (please)? In 5516 Audemars Pigeut launched in 50s, no one is with a flat leap display calendar. Audemars Pigeut launched a leap display calendar watch is 30 years earlier than Patek Philippe. Audemars Pigeut 5516 produced a total of 12, but only 9 of them only with flat leap display. Worth your attention, even if it is only 12 calendar, is also the time of the watch industry, only very few calendar watches (the whole world is so few, then the entire table calendar table) it almost no what calendar watch. In 2 years ago, one of the Audemars Pigeut in the auction of a, when the valuation reached $150 thousand to $300 thousand, between about 1 million to $2 million.

The most famous of Audemars Pigeut in the history of the 5516 calendar, this is only the first leap with a flat display calendar table.

The 12 point is located in the flat leap, this is the first time in history.

We can see the two calendar on the left is not flat leap on the right side of the 5516 version of the show, with a flat leap display.

No leap display version of the Patek Philippe 3448, judging from the disk is not a leap year or.

After 5516, Audemars Pigeut also carried out a major invention".

As we all know, the 1972 Arcangelo Zunda help Audemars Pigeut designed the Royal Oak, after Audemars Pigeut on Royal Oak Road Fire today. It is precisely because of this reason, so that people ignore the Audemars Pigeut a major invention, the major invention not only affects the Audemars Pigeut, but also on the clock industry has played an important impact. This is based on the 2120/2121 core Audemars Pigeut calendar. As we all know, Jaeger Le Coulter's 920 movement has not been used for a day, and the full supply of Patek Philippe 920, Vacheron Constantin, Audemars Pigeut use. The 920 movement of the Audemars Pigeut version is called 2120/2121 (2121 is automatic version, a hollow) movement is the thinnest automatic winding movement of the last century in 70s, the thickness of only 3.95 mm. After the launch of Audemars Pigeut in Royal Oak, began to design and manufacture a calendar module in 2120. At the time, the watch industry, only Audemars Pigeut and Patek Philippe in a small production calendar (the calendar when Audemars Pigeut than Patek Philippe "advanced"). Finally, Audemars Pigeut has created a contains 159 parts, corresponding 2120/2121 core module calendar. At that time, the first to use this 2120 calendar movement watch is Audemars Pigeut 5548 calendar, after this period of 15 years, according to statistics, Audemars Pigeut produced 7219 calendar table. Some people think that the launch of Audemars Pigeut calendar, Audemars Pigeut had helped quartz crisis difficult years, the reason is that the number of employees during this period Audemars Pigeut not less, but increased to nearly 300 people. In 1974 to 1984 in the 10 years, because the Swiss watch industry is very depressed, watch related employees 2/3 are unemployed, but Audemars Pigeut in the case but also good, perhaps part of the reason to study the new Audemars Pigeut calendar.

One of the most important Audemars Pigeut watches for industry results, based on the core components of the 2120/2121 calendar.

2120/2121 is not only based on the use of Audemars Pigeut calendar, and began to supply Vacheron Constantin (Audemars Pigeut calendar also supply before Patek Philippe). Vacheron Constantin version of the Jaeger Le Coulter 920 movement is known as the 1120. So Vacheron Constantin can easily use Audemars Pigeut calendar. So this is why today, we will see that Audemars Pigeut and Vacheron Constantin have very similar calendar table. Not long ago, Vacheron Constantin launched a new generation of heroes, including new world calendar, obviously, Vacheron Constantin thief also uses Audemars Pigeut manufacturing based on the calendar year. Through Vacheron Constantin movement, here I want to say a problem, Patek Philippe, Audemars Pigeut, Vacheron Constantin, Jaeger Le Coulter, PERREGAUX, etc. the use of Blancpain is not what movement, but the use of Jaeger Le Coulter and PERREGAUX, the movement of these first-class factories Blancpain played a mutual promotion function. At this level of the table, do not need to consider what the use of the movement of the problem.

Audemars Pigeut returned to the 5516 components in the new disk calendar calendar in Royal Oak, I think this is a very wise decision.

We can see that Audemars Pigeut's 5516 biggest characteristic has two, one is 12 point flat leap display, one is in the outer dial (indicating the date display with a pointer). Later, Audemars Pigeut in the 2120/2121 calendar, the date display and leap 12 points in the show together, including the Vacheron Constantin 1120 calendar also use this layout. This leads to the Audemars Pigeut calendar and Vacheron Constantin calendar is the same in appearance. Now, the most needed is to identify the degree of watches, two watches hit the face is not a good thing. The new Audemars Pigeut Royal Oak calendar in the base of maintaining the original 2120/2121 calendar, the original 5516 outer calendar for a year and 52 weeks of calendar, indicating a large dial pointer of the central government, the one and only let Audemars Pigeut Royal Oak calendar. In the two years ago, Audemars Pigeut launched the gold shell new Royal Oak calendar, I was wondering why plus week calendar. And when I see the 5516, suddenly understood the new Audemars Pigeut calendar is the Royal Oak "Shi Ke test", "well documented".

Audemars Pigeut Royal Oak new black ceramic calendar, we can see the watch disk recovery to 5516 style.

At present, the new Audemars Pigeut calendar includes the Royal Oak, gold, black ceramic section steel.

The new Audemars Pigeut Royal Oak black ceramic calendar using 2120/2121 automatic winding movement.

Hide calendar button case sharp drawing and the side of the case.

In this year's Geneva Watch Fair, I most love the table has two, one is the long calendar (after this watch we talk about a black ceramic), Royal Oak Audemars Pigeut calendar. Because Audemars Pigeut did not launch on the Royal Oak all black ceramic watches (not including offshore type), so the first launch is very stunning. This watch is a combination of Audemars Pigeut three (the essence of the new material, the Royal Oak shell, calendar). I can predict that, after a period of time, there are tables to get this table, it will certainly be called the "Black Knight", from then on the table in the home of a more "black warrior". I do not have to use all kinds of adjectives to boast of this table, I only give you some figures, you can feel the charm of this table. 600 hours of research and development, processing time, 5 times than conventional stainless steel watchcase Royal Oak all black ceramic case polishing assembly requires 30 hours, the Royal Oak steel shell is 6 hours. In addition, after the table next to two level market, the price is certainly stable over a number of popular gold shell calendar. Indeed, if compared with the conventional JULES AUDEMARS Audemars Pigeut calendar and Patek Philippe, Patek Philippe will undoubtedly have an advantage (Patek Philippe is really fun, master calendar, pointer window, inverse jump, but various calendar) "Black Knight" play, fighting is not so simple. (picture / text watch house Yan Danping)