holdemchamp1225
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Agreed Hussam but sadly this is their approach for the foreseeable future 🙈🙉🙊👍
Hi 👋 All, Saw these lovely frosted gold watches. All I can say is
WOW 🤩 !!! The photos don’t do justice on just how great they look and feel in the metal. Vincent the senior sales associate at AP house informed me that in 2016 AP started frosted gold in collaboration with famous jewelry designer Carolina Bucci (4th gene...
Interesting that Ap "brags" about doing the frosting like this...
The actual traditional method, called peening, is the manual process of what they have imitated. Basically a small point and hammer make each tiny indentation. One. By. One. You can see it being done, by hand, at the 22 second mark in the video. And it's ...
No, he doesn't personally do all the finishing.
As I understand it, there is a team of 6 people including him and his partner, Annabelle. Certain parts of the watch are also outsourced. The case, for example, are made by Jean-Pierre Hagmann so Rexhepi has help.
Thanks BFP. That was my previous impression, from his interviews on watchestv's youtube channel etc.
A big fan of his work. The video you embedded made it same like he DID perform all the tasks.
And perhaps he can and has in the past...
But Akrivia has grown and he only has so many hours in the day.
His IG account makes it clear that he’s perfected the work/life balance,
which undoubtedly plays a part in his design and production of his masterpieces . 😉💪🏿
Thanks for enlightening us with peening ! Peening is definitely
more tedious and labor intensive ! To me, the AP frosted gold watches look plenty good and apparently are highly sought after (see below reply by lankysudanese and holdemchamp1225). AP fully disclosed how they are made with time required and at no point c...
Thanks for sharing. Wonderful photography from a boutique-setting, too. Bravo
They aren't to my taste (I got into AP for being daring/brave enough to break the rules [back in 1972] by producing a luxury timepiece in steel but at gold prices) but AP hardly cares for my opinion as all their non-CODE pieces are unobtainable, and these...
You are welcome !
I do not even have one AP yet. Hence, none will be allocated to me. :-(
Just like you, Justin, I have no regrets about supporting the brick and mortar ADs, where I bought all of my watches.
This new boutique subscription/application process can’t be the only way forward for these brands
I couldn't pull one of these off...
...but I think they are spectacular to look at. I wonder how different it is from how Grand Seiko does their platinum watch? Haute Time ...
Not sure…
…but it looks to be done by hand, whether with a tool or a hammer. Here’s a different version. Just look at the close-ups : )
Thanks for sharing these photos, Gordon.
I can't remember the last time I visited any store / boutique that had APs. It must be 3-4 years now in Las Vegas if I had to guess. So I greatly appreciate any and all photos from your visits I like the sky blue dial for ladies. It is stunning.
