Audemars Piguet

I have had this new CODE 11.59 Starwheel a few weeks.  I was extremely enthusiastic about the release and hoped it would mark my entrance into the CODE 11.59 collection.  It has, and it is so spectacular in person, it might also mark my exit.  Short of the Universelle RD#4, and perhaps the Grande Sonnerie Carillon Supersonnerie, this model is undoubtedly the star of the show  

This is a wonderful piece and a worthy follow up after their original star wheel. Love new case and lugs..

If you plopped the exact dial and mechanism into a steel Royal Oak or Offshore, I would not excite me as much.

Awesome Star Wheel, MichaelC!

Still need to post about my AP summer visit. I'm afraid I am behind my time.

But how can this be potential exit?!  I would think this would be taking relationship to new level 👍🏽

I only met the exit from the CODE collection. At least at this point, I would not buy another after the Starwheel, unless I hit the lotto and could order a Universelle. I would not wear any other model over this one. It is incredibly exciting.

I love to see how taken you are by this awesome Code.  And of course you’re right, this piece spoils you for all other Codes available.  Even compared to Universelle, this one has qualities that can’t be matched, IMHO.

I'm quite certain I posted along those lines when the CODE 11.59 collection debuted. And here we are!

I am always happy to see an AP star wheel. Part of their DNA I think.

Me, I love the edgy, sporty version created here.

I'll post some pics one day. But not here, because this is a modern thread.

And I think there is a large camp that does not care for the new Starwheel. I get that. I also credit AP for giving the new version an entirely different character than the originals have. One that is a perfectly executed in the CODE case.
When you add this one to the others, there is a version to speak to every AP fan.

I appreciate how AP has kept this complication alive and evolving over 30+ years, while remaining a pretty niche design.

And regardless of which version(s) people prefer, I am happy that the new one is very different than the old one.

And it does not disappoint at all.

I really like how the Code 59 is a great canvas for this execution.  Thank you for sharing. -John

The black ceramic suspended within the white gold structure - it is like a capture of space. Perfect for the Starwheel!

You’re not going to see many of those in the wild. Congratulations!

It will be limited production and likely not seen too often.

That's one cool watch!  And that's one serious machine in the background!

The Blackwing in ways no watch could ever do.