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Audemars Piguet Dual Time
This layout of the dual time complication (with second time zone at 6 o'clock, date at 2 and power reserve at 10) has been used in four collections: Jules Audemars, Millenary, Royal Oak & Royal Oak Offshore.
A day/night indicator was later added between 6 and 7 o'clock: I like it less and have just added two photos at the end for comparison.
Have a great week-end.
1/ JULES AUDEMARS (ref. 25685 with 36mm case & caliber 2129 or 2229)
Ref. 25685BA (yellow gold)
credit: timeless vintage watches (& Amsterdam vintage watches for the case profile)
Ref. 25685PT with blue dial (platinum)
credit: the keystone
Ref. 25685PT with white dial (platinum)
credit: the keystone
Ref. 25685BC.00.A002XX.06 with brown or "Havana" dial (white gold)
NB: on Bulang & Sons, from which these photos come, this watch is presented as Platinum, which is in contradiction with the extract, and the dial is said to have been "originally blue but has now changed colour to stunning shades of orange and purple"
Ref. 25685BC with black dial & diamond indexes (white gold)
credit: Amsterdam vintage watches
2/ MILLENARY (ref. 25778 with 41x39mm case & cal. 2229)
Ref. 25778OR (rose gold)
credit: dreamwatch.de
Ref. 25778BC.OO.D001CR.01 (white gold)
credit: Zeitauktion
2/ ROYAL OAK ref. 25730 (36mm case & caliber 2229)
Ref. 25730ST with white dial (steel)
credit: hairspring
Ref. 25730ST with "Yves Klein" blue dial (steel)
credit: tokant
Ref. 25730ST with tropical blue dial (steel)
credit: montro
credit: vintage uhren
Ref. 25730SA (yellow gold & steel)
credit: Amsterdam vintage watches
3/ ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE (ref. 25970 with 38mm case & caliber 2229)
credit: quill & pad courtesy of AP Chronicles
Ref. 25970ST with leather strap (steel)
credit: every watch
Ref. 25970OR with black dial & diamond indexes (rose gold)
credit: collector square
Ref. 25970BA/OO/1010BA/01 limited to 20 pieces (yellow gold)
credit: chronext
4/ DIAL WITH DAY/NIGHT INDICATOR
Ref. 26120OR (rose gold, 39mm case & caliber 2329)
credit: first class timepieces
Ref. 26380OR.OO.D088CR.01 (rose gold, 41mm case & cal. 2329)
credit: watchfinder
Audemars Piguet Dual Time
This layout of the dual time complication (with second time zone at 6 o'clock, date at 2 and power reserve at 10) has been used in four collections: Jules Audemars, Millenary, Royal Oak & Royal Oak Offshore. A day/night indicator was later added between 6...
I know that these dual time models have never been very popular,
but I personally like the way the date subdial is a little off-centred and a little higher than the fan-shaped power reserve indicator. I also find very interesting the way AP has made different choices depending on the model concerning this date subdial:...
Ah, yes, with small seconds instead of second time zone.
So, close dial layout but not dual time, then.
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The first ones as well or the later ones? Can you show me a ref number for the JLC if anything vintage from the 80s or 90s? I love the way those older APs look.
Here are the JLC models I could find
But I know very little about JLC, so I probably missed something. Ref. 169.1.92 Master Geographic Dual Time Date Power Reserve 18K Yellow Gold (circa 1990) credit: watchesmiles Master Control Géographique, Ref. 169.2.92 (circa 1996) credit: sotheby’s Ref....
Nice trip down memory lane. Thank you.
The JAs become more charming as the years go by. The Millenarys too. M4
I like them too!
Thanks for looking, Bruckner. I just added two more below, which are fun to look at.
Two more models, which I find interesting
Ref. 25778OR/002 (with inner hour Roman numerals and outer Arabic minutes numerals) credit: royal watch pl Ref. 25730OR with pink mother of pearl dial credit: royal watch pl ...
Thanks for the great research as always
But the layout is not really working for me. Perfect symmetry between an arc and a circle is of course impossible but it feels like the power reserve would look better just a bit higher and rotated a bit clockwise
It's an awkward design, for sure.
And I can certainly understand why it doesn't appeal to everyone. Thanks for looking.
Thank you.
This dial layout is a bit peculiar, but I like it in particular in the RO models. Thanks for looking.