Audemars Piguet

I have great admiration for the brand and consider the Royal Oak an iconic (and great) design. On my \'want to own\' list are the Royal Oak perpetual and the Jumbo. But it seems that, at least on this forum, there are far fewer Milenary, Jules Audemars, o... 

Jules Audemars Sonnerie on left and Jules Audemars Equation of Time on right. But of course I am a huge RO fan. ...  

I love the design of the watch...very interesting dial and complication. I regret that I've never seen one personally. If I recall, the size seemed to be very close to what I prefer...a. It smaller than most of current models.

When I started collecting back in the early '80s, AP was my favorite brand. At that time the Royal Oak looked very dated to me, very obviously belonging to the previous decade. It didn't appeal to me at all. So my first AP was a simple gold automatic from...  

...a very bold design. The great thing about non-ROs is you rarely see them anywhere. I like that.

But the other lines are quite dandy. I don't find it so atypical that a brand has some lines more popular than others; this would be true for many products and companies. Here are a few photos of some awesome non-octagonal Audemars Piguet watches. ...  

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...or at least a version of it in Chicago a few years back. I passed because was presented as ‘new’ but seemed to have a bit of wear. Also it was a ‘mall-type’ jeweler and while I’m sure they were authorized, it didn’t seem right. I first saw this one in ...