Audemars Piguet

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Jules Audemars Minute Repeater & Jumping Hour: close to perfection.

Many times, when I write a post, words can come easily. But when I look at this Jules Audemars Minute Repeater & Jumping Hour... I'm speechless. Maybe because it's a beautiful watch. Maybe because it looks so simple for a complicated watch. Maybe because it's close to perfection.

I would like to share with you these pics I took at the AP boutique of Madrid several weeks ago.





The pictured watch has a 43mm platinum case, an opalin dial with beautiful applied figures. The dial is very balanced and its simplicity enhances its beauty. Thanks to the jumping hour system, there is only one big hand running over it. The railroad is not cut and the beveled hour window is located below the brand name. You will notice that the hour window is rather large to improve the readability and to get a balanced dial (the hour figures are a bit larger than the minutes ones).





The slide lever is located on the left side of the case and it is well integrated in it.

Caliber is the handwind AP 2907 which is very large: 37mm. Rather thin (7,6mm), it has 412 parts, a 3hz frequency and a power reserve of around 70 hours. Please note that Audemars Piguet has designed the caliber in order that when the watch strikes during the first quarter, there is no silence between the hours and the minutes notes (example: at 2:11, the eleven minutes are played just after the two hours). Another interesting feature is that the time can be set even when the watch strikes. We can consider this feature as an improvement of the reliability of the watch and we all know that striking watches are more delicate than other watches.





The caliber is beautiful with the usual quality of the finishings of the complicated Audemars Piguet. I really like the lay-out of this caliber, especially the 3 bridges at its bottom and the way the 3 jewels are in a line.













The two hammers are located just below the "Audemars" of the bezel.

Quality of the sound is excellent: it is not that loud but it is pure. Sadly, I didn't shoot a video of the watch.

Hours are played with a low note. Quarters with a low and high note. Minutes with a high note. Just above the crown, there is a corrector which can be used to set the striking hour: if there is a difference between the hour which is struck and the time hour, this gap can be eliminated with this corrector.





Even if the case diameter is rather large (43mm with a thicknes of 12mm), the simple design of the dial, the thickness of the bezel make it smaller than it is actually. And believe me, wearing this watch is a true pleasure !





I would like to thank a lot the team of the AP boutique in Madrid.

Fr.Xavier