This Audemars Piguet titanium Grande Sonnerie Carillon Minute repeater ref. 25825Ti , of which the present watch is No. 1, was introduced in 1997 as part of the one hundredth anniversary Jules Audemars collection made in honour of the company’s founder. T...
Could do without the text block describing what it is but otherwise always had a soft spot for the line and this is one of the more intriguing specimen in my eyes 🙌🏻
Truly beautiful. The text block is superfluous and the watch would probably look even better without it, but I don't hate it and, as an owner, I think I'd be vain enough to appreciate being constantly reminded of what a marvel I wear on my wrist! 😅🫣 Best,...
The only thing I don't really abide is the lume! There are Shaeffer examples as well with lume and I would posit (as others have before me) that perhaps lume on a minute repeater is obselete. After all, what better way to disturb someone in the middle of ...
And I also like the Jules Audemars case very much. As for lume, I certainly wouldn't expect it on a Minute repeater, but the charm of tritium patina works for me, here: it gives the watch a very special vintage charm. Best regards, Emmanuel
A simple looking watch with a top top complication. I love that it (can) strikes the time in passing automatically. I have an UN Hourstriker (=Petite Sonnerie?) and happy to be reminded by it at each half hour interval.
the Petite Sonnerie complication chimes the hours only when the full hours pass and, for the remaining three quarters of an hour, it only chimes the corresponding number of quarters. Whereas the Grande Sonnerie complication rings at the passage of each qu...