Audemars Piguet SIHH 2014 Collection Overview

Ornatus-Mundi · 2014-03-04T11:51:24Z

Explore Audemars Piguet's SIHH 2014 novelties: Millenary Minute Repeater, Royal Oak Concept GMT Tourbillon, and new Royal Oak Offshore models.

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Ornatus-Mundi (Magnus & Oliver) delivers an in-depth, subjective review of Audemars Piguet's SIHH 2014 novelties, focusing on the Millenary, Royal Oak, and Royal Oak Offshore collections. Their comprehensive report aims to provide collectors with detailed impressions of how AP successfully evolved its iconic lines without diluting brand identity, showcasing both new entries and fascinating details from the exhibition.

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We (Magnus & Oliver) would like to provide you with our – subjective – in-depth impressions of Audemars Piguet SIHH 2014 novelties – particularly the latest accession to the Audemars Piguet Millenary collection and a few new members of the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak & Royal Oak Offshore families.

All three collections are iconic trademarks of the manufacture and of key importance to its success on the market, and thus have to be developed with utmost care. It is the destiny of one-of-the-top-few masons to come up with something that does not betray the expectations of the fans, audiences, and critics, keep up the interest in the brand while never diluting the identity of the respective collection.

That must be a tough challenge to meet year after year and this year, but in our humble opinions, they succeeded in the quadrature of the circle. A truly innovative and exciting line-up was brought in by AP team to Geneva, in terms of new entries as well as a few fascinating details.

We would like to take a deep look at those novelties we have seen in the metal, in six chapters.

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Key Points from the Discussion

The Royal Oak Concept GMT Tourbillon in white ceramic was an unexpected and striking release, moving away from traditional black models towards a 'Spartan look' sports watch.
The Millenary Minute Repeater in red gold is highlighted as AP's showstopper, despite being a new variation of an existing titanium model, with its technical parameters remaining consistent.
Audemars Piguet's history includes a strong tradition of women's watches, with new 41mm Royal Oak Automatic and Chronograph models featuring gem-setting, challenging traditional gender norms for watch sizing.
The new Royal Oak Offshore Quartz for ladies, at 37mm, is a robust and flatter profile watch, though its quartz movement is a point of contention for enthusiasts despite its practical appeal for active women.
The new Offshore models are identified as key drivers for ADs, indicating strong market appeal, while the community anticipates new 3-hand and integrated chronograph movements.
A desire is expressed for a men's version of the new simple ladies' models, without diamonds and with a mechanical movement, potentially offering a compelling, minimal men's sport watch.

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Ornatus-Mundi

Mar 1, 2014

Hands on with Millenary Minute Repeater

Is it a real novelty or just a new variation of something outstanding? …… To us, the Millenary Minute Repeater in red gold is AP’s highlight of the show this year. We have lots to talk about this. We were cheating a bit: technically, the AP Millenary Minute Repeater is not a new watch, it existed already as a limited Titanium model with an anthracite dial: The technical parameters are all the same: 47mm width, 15.79mm thickness. Obvious differences: red gold case ... ... magnificent fired enamel

foversta

Mar 4, 2014

A superb watch...

Well, I love the Millenary... not all, the 4101 and the MR... and I was seduced by the beauty of this complicated watch. The sound is pure but its volume could have been improved IMHO. Thanks! Fx

Marcus Hanke

Mar 5, 2014

Did you have the chance to compare the chiming sound ...

... of this golden version with the titanium one? I consider this to be among the most attractive repeaters on the market, and design-wise, I prefer the solid, heat-blued hands over the skeletonized ones of the titanium version. Thanks for presenting this wonderful timepiece with these fine pictures! Marcus

Ornatus-Mundi

Mar 5, 2014

We would have loved to compare...

but unfortunately there was no titanium version available. But, judging from our experience with chiming watches (e.g. the Blancpain GMT Reveil) titanium has some amazing acoustic properties to exploit. So, yes, a comparison would be great fun! Thanks, Magnus

small-luxury-world

Mar 5, 2014

Marcus, I had the pleasure to listen ...

to the Ti version some years ago. From my memory I would say the Ti versions was louder but the RG version had a warmer sound and was more to my taste. Still I would like to listen to them side by side, one day :-) Oliver

doubleup

Mar 10, 2014

What a fantastic report. thank you very much for this. [nt]

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