Audemars Piguet : Update on a classic

Jules Audemars Dual Time

Case: 18K pink or white gold Size: 41 mm Movement: mechanical self-winding (38-hour power reserve), 261 entirely decorated parts Functions: hours, minutes, date, 2nd time zone with day/night indication, power-reserve display Dial: silver-toned or black, pink gold hands and hour-markers Water resistance: 20m Strap: black or brown crocodile leather with gold folding clasp

In parallel with the development of the Millenary and Royal Oak Offshore collections, both of which unveiled a wealth of new models at the SIHH in Geneva early this year, Audemars Piguet placed the emphasis on the more discreet Jules Audemars collection, of which the five models presented offer a total of 15 new references. Reflecting this in-depth reinterpretation of the fundamentals of this classic watch line, the Jules Audemars Dual Time is available in a choice of white and pink gold versions with a delicately satin-brushed silver-toned or black dial. Its meticulous execution features a polished decorative fillet rimming the date and dual time-zone counters and enhancing their snailed interior decoration. Their exemplary readability is complemented by the day/night indication at 7 o’clock and the power-reserve display just above it. In keeping with the traditions of the Manufacture based in Le Brassus, all parts of the self-winding movement feature beautiful decorations, including Côtes de Genève on the bridges, as well as chamfering and circular-graining on the mainplate.en


Brice Lechevalier is editor-in-chief of GMT and Skippers, which he co-founded in 2000 and 2001 respectively. He has also been CEO of WorldTempus since it joined the GMT Publishing stable, of which he is director and joint shareholder. In 2012 he created the Geneva Watch Tour, and he has been an advisor to the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève since 2011. Also closely involved in sailing, he has published the magazine of the Société Nautique de Genève since 2003, and was one of the founders of the SUI Sailing Awards in 2009 and the Concours d’Elégance for motor boats at the Cannes Yachting Festival in 2015.

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