Audemars Piguet Launches Titanium Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar
Comes with a beautiful two-tone dial. AUDEMARS PIGUET ROYAL OAK PERPETUAL CALENDAR 26579CS.OO.1225CS.01
The current generation of the Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar has become a favorite platform for country editions, with Audemars Piguet (AP) launching nearly ten different editions over the past few years, including limited editions in China, Hong Kong and Thailand.
The brand has just taken the wraps off a special edition for the US market (at least initially, other countries have since started trying the watch): the Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar 41mm Titanium with an unusual two-tone grey and blue Tapisserie guilloche dial.
The blue check dial is so familiar that the new perpetual calendar doesn't seem new on its face. In fact, it may come via a steel version with a blue dial, with only a grey sub-dial separating the two. That said, the latest Royal Oak is forever a good-looking swiss watch replica with a handsome, restrained style and colors that echo the original "Jumbo" references. 5402.
Traditionally, Royal Oak perpetual calendars have subdials that match the dial, but it actually makes sense to contrast the calendar registers, as they differentiate the functions. The two-tone dial on the latest model does just that, while adding visual contrast. These two colors may not be noticeable from a distance, but they are definitely noticeable up close.
Aside from the contrasting subdials, case metal is also relatively uncommon for Royal Oaks – the first Titanium Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar came out just a year ago. Since then, another titanium version has emerged, a Japan-only version with a "salmon" dial, making this US-market version the third to date. It's relatively rare, which makes this one special, although there are a lot of Royal Oak limited editions in general.
The new Perpetual Calendar comes at a fair price, which is typical for complex Royal Oaks such as tourbillons or minute repeaters. In fact, it's priced the same as the steel standard version, which also has a blue dial, which makes the latest model a no-brainer - but that's almost moot, since getting one in today's red-hot market is a no-brainer challenge.Audemars Piguet replica
old school perpetual calendar Perhaps the most important complication for AP is the perpetual calendar, which has been the watchmaker's specialty since its early days. The Associated Press was the first to incorporate a leap year indicator into a watch, and then helped it through the quartz crisis with complications, during which time its 1978 ultra-thin perpetual calendar became a bestseller.
Fast forward to today, and the Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar still retains the familiar layout of the ultra-thin perpetual calendar. This is the classic look of a perpetual calendar, with four subdials, each indicating a unit of time, except for the register at 12 o'clock, which doubles by showing the leap year and month.
While the display with its four sub-dials is attractively symmetrical and timeless, its mechanics are outdated, at least from a practicality standpoint. Because the perpetual calendar module is levered, the calendar cannot be set to a time around midnight. And it has to be set via a recessed corrector on the side of the case, a process that requires a tiny stylus.watch replica swiss
And the corrector is also a reason for the watch's extremely low water resistance, only 20 m, which is even smaller than the Royal Oak minute repeater.
Old-fashioned building due to historic cal. 2953 or less. Derived from JLC cal. The Calibre 920 of the 1960s was an exquisitely thin movement, but the price of its sophistication was a short 40-hour power reserve. The calendar mechanism is also derived from the 1978 Perpetual Calendar watch.
But given the AP's historical strength in perpetual calendars, and its gradual rollout of the latest-generation movements across all models, it's reasonable to expect an all-new perpetual calendar movement eventually.
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar refer to. 26574TI.OO.1220TI.01
Diameter: 41 mm Height: 9.5 mm Material: Titanium Crystal: Sapphire Water resistance: 20 m
Movement: Carl. 2953 Functions: Hours, minutes and perpetual calendar Winding: automatic winding Frequency: 19,800 times/hour (2.75 Hz) Power reserve: 40 hours
Strap: Titanium Bracelet