Cracking the Code: Inside the Audemars Piguet Code 11.59 Collection
Every year at SIHH, it seems the attending watch media comes in with the same two nagging questions about Audemars Piguet: Is the brand ever going to expand its scope beyond its mega-popular and emblematic Royal Oak collections (and accept that its Millenary and Jules Audemars are niche products at best)" And is it ever going to debut a watch with a fully in-house-manufactured, integrated chronograph caliber" Well, this year (coincidentally or not, its last year for the foreseeable future as an exhibiting brand at SIHH) AP answered both of those questions in the affirmative with the much-discussed launch of an entirely new collection, called Code 11.59.
Audemars Piguet Code 11.59 Selfwinding in white gold with blue dial (Ref. 15210BC.00.A321CR31) Reactions, you may have heard, were mixed. It seemed every watch industry analyst and tastemakers had a strong opinion on the new family and many were not shy about expressing it online and across social media. Here at WatchTime, we like to let our readers ? the most knowledgeable in the world, in our humble collective opinion ? make their own judgements, and if we’re doing our jobs as reporters those judgements will be as well-informed as possible. Without further ado, here’s a comprehensive look at Code 11.59, ascending in complexity from your basic three-hand to a haute-de-gamme minute repeater.
The gold AP logos on the lacquered dials is made from galvanic growth.
Code 11.59 takes its name from the minute ...
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