Audemars Piguet (AP) has been creating complicated watches for women for over 130 years, it first began back in 1883. Since entering the segment, the Le Brassus brand has always crafted lady’s timepieces with the goal of making them reliable, beautiful to wear and demonstrating expert craftsmanship. At SIHH this year, AP is continuing with that tradition by releasing a number of new references across its various, for ladies, collections.
For our money, the Millenary is the most captivating lady’s timepiece that AP released at SIHH 2015.
The Millenary and Royal Oak collections have been updated with a number of new references, and AP has also introduced unique haute joaillerie pieces, known as the Diamond Punk. While the Royal Oak is what AP is best known for, its Millenary collection has been gaining significant attention in the 20 years since its introduction. In fact, here, the big story is actually the new Millenary.
The new Millenary timepieces are the most interesting because they sport an all new, manual-winding in-house calibre. The calibre 5201 is the result of three years of development and was created to suit the Millenary’s oval case.
You can find out more about all of Audemars Piguet’s new ladies timepieces by clicking through the gallery below.
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- This Millenary (reference 77247OR.ZZ.A812CR.01) features a 39.5mm 18-carat pink gold case, which is adorned with 116 brilliant-cut diamonds. The case, like the other Millenary watches here, measures 4.16mm thick.
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- The calibre 5201 that you see above is a new in-house, manual-winding movement that took AP three years to develop. It offers 49-hours of power reserve when fully wound. This movement is used by all the new Millenary timepieces that you see in this gallery.
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- This Millenary (reference 77247BC.ZZ.A813CR.01) sports a 39.5mm 18-carat white gold case, and features a pink cabochon sapphire set into its crown. AP says its new Millenary timepieces are water resistant to 20 meters.
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- This reference features 116 brilliant cut diamonds that are set in the bezel and lugs. The dial’s off-centered main disc and small seconds counter disc are made from mother-of-pearl.
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- This Millenary (reference 77248BC.ZZ.A111CR.01) boasts no less than 438 brilliant-cut diamonds set in its case and buckle while an additional 136 brilliant-cut diamonds can be found on the watch’s dial. The crown also features a blue cabochon sapphire.
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- The 18-carat white gold caseback of this particular Millenary is the only area of the watch that doesn’t feature any gemsetting.
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- This Royal Oak (reference 67651SR.ZZ.1261SR.01) features a 33mm stainless steel case and sports an 18-carat pink-gold bezel that is set with 40 brilliant-cut diamonds.
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- The dial of the timepiece features AP’s legendary Grande Tapisserie pattern, pink gold applied hour markers and Royal Oak hands with luminescent coating. This timepiece is powered by the calibre 2713, a quartz movement.
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- Designed to be a cuff, the Diamond Punk (reference 79418BC.ZZ.9188BC.01) features 7,848 snow-set diamond that equal to 33.35-carats. The dial itself consists of 300 diamonds, which amount to the tune of 0.92-carats.
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- The watch features a Quartz movement, the calibre 2601, while the case is made from 18-karat white gold. AP says this timepiece is not water resistant.
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- This Diamond Punk (reference 79419BC.ZO.9189BC.01) packs in 5,326 brilliant-cut diamonds or 21.66-carats worth, and 56 onyx elements on its case and bracelet. A further 300 brilliant-cut diamonds can be found on its dial.
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- Like the other Diamond Punk timepiece, this reference features a case diameter of 40mm.
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