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Audemars Piguet Watches
Audemars Piguet is one of the world's oldest watchmakers. Founded in 1875, the company is still owned and operated by the founding families. Jules Audemars and Edward-August Piguet began the company in Vallee de Joux, combining their skills to create watches for the famous watch making houses in Geneva. Many pocket watches manufactured by Audemars Piguet are only distinguishable by their serial numbers as they carry the brand names of jewelers such as Tiffany and Gubelin.
Both founders died in the two years leading up to 1920 but the Audemars Piguet company continued to flourish. Although suffering a downturn during both World Wars the introduction of ladies wristwatches and ultra thin models, meant business continued relatively unscathed. Amongst world firsts in watch making, Audemars Piguet's moment of glory was in 1972 when they launched the world's first sports watch, the Royal Oak. The Royal Oak revolutionized the aesthetics of watches with an octagonal shape and steel edges.
Other historical highlights from Audemars Piguet include the first wristwatch with tourbillon and mechanical winding, the smallest self-winding watch with perpetual calendar, the Dual Time and the Ladies Minute Repeater Chiming watch. Audemars Piguet specializes in the creation of complex watches and despite their resounding success each watch is still handmade. They are considered one of the big 3 master watchmakers alongside Patek Philippe and Vacheron Constantine.
Our Current Audemars Piguet Models: Royal Oak and Royal Oak Offshore.
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