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Jules Audemars Chronometer with AP Escapement
I’m sure you won’t mind a few gratuitous shots of this horological heavyweight. The Model 26153 Jules Audemars Chronometer has twin barrels providing a power reserve of 90h and the Audemars Piguet escapement (ChronAP) beats at 43,200vph (6Hz) using a small variable inertia balance wheel with a double hairspring.
This is the rose gold version but there is also platinum version with silver dial and accents.
The case measures 46x12.7mm and has a lovely colour palette with a black enamel dial with rose gold hands and barrel covers.
Calibre 2908 …
The original Pt version may have been released in 2009, but it was a rare and exciting moment to be able to strap it on.
Andrew
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Jules Audemars Chronometer with AP Escapement
Im sure you wont mind a few gratuitous shots of this horological heavyweight. The Model 26153 Jules Audemars Chronometer has twin barrels providing a power reserve of 90h and the Audemars Piguet escapement (ChronAP) beats at 43,200vph (6Hz) using a smal...
Wow that is so stunning that..
It prompted me to call the dealer. Thanks for posting the pictures of this stunning watch.
Andrew - if I could acquire any watch AP makes right now...
It would ABSOLUTELY be this exact model!! For years I have held a few specific Millenaries in that "dream" position - the titanium minute repeater, the deadbeat seconds, and the MC12. However, seeing this piece on display at SIHH really blew me away. What...
I second your feeling Michael....
I love this piece..in rose gold and grey dial.....a fantastic creation... Mo
+1 hundred times on this one...
The Pt was nice but this RG iteration is a dream. My only concern is that its a bit too big for me..a couple of mm smaller and I would be on it in a heartbeat...especially after the new price list;).... jokes aside it is my fav current AP......I can only ...
Not as big as it sounds on paper
Hi Mo, I am generally a bit shy when it comes to large watches, and I have heard this 46mm watch described as a 'hockey puck' but I was very pleasantly surprised on the wrist. It is the short lugs, narrow bezel, open architecture and small subdials that m...
I will try it on..
I know where there is one...still i fear its a big watch....nevertheless a beauty.. Mo
Did you hear it?
Step one. Put watch on nightstand on a firm but anti-scratch surface. Step two. Turn off lights. Step three. Climb into bed. Step four. Listen for a mad mechanical watch ticking noise that has been likened to a "mad cricket" chirping.
The cricket on speed
Well Patrick, it IS fast. The Boutique was not the best environment to listen in - and I always listen to watches; its the reason I couldn't get the Journe DS and the Haldimann H1 out of my head - but it is an interesting sound. Hard to discern any differ...
It's actually not that small...
The balance wheel is actually not that small. It's actually fairly large, approx. 10 mm in diameter, but it looks small because the case is a monstrous 46mm of platinum or gold. Considering the speed of which this thing turns at, 6HZ, the balance wheel is...
Relatively small?
Thanks for the additional information, Patrick. 10mm is indeed a sizable diameter given the escapement speed. I suspect I could drive to work on the power in those twin barrels. But the balance wheel still feels a little lonely in that space. Having said ...
If you run out of juice on your way to work...
If you run out of juice on your way to work, at least you can just wind the watch again! You won't have to get towed because your battery ran out (recent article in the New York Times about an electric car running out of juice is very popular in Silicon V...
Stunning, spectacular watch . . .
. . . thanks so much for posting. Your photos are as close as I'm likely ever to get to that watch. :-) Thanks again, Dan
Ooof! One of my favorites...
...for consideration should I win the lotto! Thanks for the pictures of this charmer. It's best in platinum IMO, but I wouldn't kick the RG out of bed! :-) Cheers, Daos