Olive Harvest in Lazio with Audemars Piguet

Ancienne Le Brassus · 2016-10-26T01:14:15Z

Join Ancienne Le Brassus on an olive harvest in Lazio, Italy, featuring an Audemars Piguet Royal Oak. Explore traditional farming and watch lifestyle.

Ancienne Le Brassus

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Ancienne Le Brassus offers a delightful glimpse into the olive harvest in southern Lazio, Italy, seamlessly blending a traditional agricultural activity with a subtle nod to luxury watch appreciation. The post beautifully illustrates how everyday life, even in its most rustic forms, can provide a unique backdrop for showcasing a beloved timepiece, inviting readers to consider the broader lifestyle context of watch ownership.

This past weekend the weather cleared up significantly for lots of people in the southern Lazio area to go out and pick olives. The season started a bit earlier due to weather, and the fact that

if the olives a left to mature a bit more, they'll start getting infected with insects, so this year it promises to be a spicy and sharp olive oil!

The olives you see are a about an 80% Leccino, 15% Moraiolo and 5% Pendolino. Each year the % 's vary with the output of the trees, most farmers in the Lazio have this varied mix of trees so that if one kind

doesn't yield much, the other does. Unlike in Catalonia where the olives are hand picked and usually placed a sac you carry, here in Lazio the like to keep their trees rather tall and use rakes to bring them down.

I still like climbing up the tree and getting at them by hand. The difference here is that the ground is covered with grass so the olives don't get ruined. In most places in Catalonia the ground beneath the trees is kept to a harsh dirt that can break the olives.

Besides picking them, the hardest thing is getting a slot at the press to have the oil produced! At the very end you'll see a photo of freshly pressed oil. For the first month or so it stays quite sharp and green, then it starts turning a more amber color.

HAGW,
S

Key Points from the Discussion

The first photo, featuring the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak against a backdrop of salmon, is highlighted as a perfect and striking composition.
The post inspires a desire to participate in the olive picking activity, showcasing the appeal of such traditional, hands-on experiences.
The discussion humorously warns against using olive oil for watch servicing, emphasizing the importance of proper watch care.
The author mentions the possibility of showcasing other watches, specifically Coggiola pieces, in future posts, indicating a broader collection.
The overcast sky during photography created a blown-out effect, but also enhanced the texture in the images.

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KMII

Oct 26, 2016

Definitely whet my appetite for some olive oil just now You should take pictures of some of your own creations on the olives, too! I\'m sure they would fit just as well as the RO!

Le Monde Edmond

Oct 26, 2016

Thank you for sharing. Nature at its best.....

piccolochimico (aka dsgalaxy1)

Oct 26, 2016

Big intake of free fatty acids

mahesh

Oct 26, 2016

is so so good one ! Best, mahesh.,

Alkiro1

Oct 26, 2016

Be careful, don\'t use olive oil to service your watch Best wishes Alkiro

Ancienne Le Brassus

Oct 26, 2016

It was supposed to rain so I thought I'd just bring one watch, but then the weather opened up and we were out climbing trees. Let's see if this weekend I bring out one of the Coggiola pieces

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