Audemars Piguet
Introducing the Code 11.59 by Audemars Piguet Selfwinding Flying Tourbillon Chronograph
Audemars Piguet
Introducing the Code 11.59 by Audemars Piguet Selfwinding Flying Tourbillon Chronograph
Fascinatingly, of the five, only two of these timepieces share a calibre type and they are both of the manual variety. The remaining selfwinding varieties are all unique movements made for the specific family of watches it serves within Audemars Piguet.
In this regard, the newly minted calibre 2952 is one for the history books as it combines the flying tourbillon and flyback chronograph mechanism within an Audemars Piguet timepiece for the first time.
Other than the Royal Oak Concept Frosted Gold Flying Tourbillon that was launched just last month in August and the Code 11.59 by Audemars Piguet Selwinding Flying Tourbillon, the Selfwinding Flying Tourbillon Chronograph watch launched today is, therefore, only the fifth Audemars Piguet creation to feature a flying tourbillon.
It is, also because of the stark contrast that the rhodium and black treatments give the watch, that Audemars Piguet has been very thorough in mentioning that a high level of haute horlogerie finissage is applied to the 2952, even by their own standards. A fact that may have been necessitated by the sheer abundance of internal sharp angles we can see on the designs for the rhodium treated bridges.
The Code 11.59 by Audemars Piguet Selfwinding Flying Tourbillon Chronograph will be produced in a limited edition of 50 pieces and is priced at CHF 240,000.
Movement
Selfwinding Manufacture Calibre 2952; hours and minutes; central flyback seconds chronograph hand; 30-minute totalizer at 9 o’clock; 12-hour totalizer at 3 o’clock; flying tourbillon at 6 o’clock; 55-hour power reserve
Case
41mm 18k white gold; double glareproofed sapphire crystal on front and caseback; water-resistant to 30m
Strap
Hand-stitched “large square-scale” blue alligator strap with 18-carat white gold AP folding clasp
Price
Limited edition of 50-pieces priced at CHF 240,000[/td_block_text_with_title]