The Art Of Complexity: Modern Complicated Watchmaking At Audemars Piguet

[@gabefore]

I think each one of their pieces is truly stunning. So original and instantly recognizable. I'm more of a GMT kind of guy, but I'd love a perpetual calendar or minute repeater from AP

[@neelblues8332]

I don't like the watch. but good God that's one of the sweetest sounding minute repeaters I've heard so far!

[@menaseven9093]

Nice tour of Audemars Piguet manufacturing house. Audemars Piguet minute repeaters watches are beautiful and complicated to manufacture.

[@contrnsmagnificndjoobngtaint]

Why arent these 45 min long?!

[@Cheerios320]

why not 10- hours?

[@thefreshestprince89]

Has so much history and diversity yet they seem almost entirely focused on the Royal Oak and variants from a marketing perspective.

[@momokadawi8955]

big respect for this company ....

[@watchshowandtell7138]

Glad they are doing well, god knows the world needs more Royal Oaks.

[@suncity22001]

anyone know what brand that purple blazer is ?

[@Seti12345]

These Royal Oak concepts are really special watches

[@Cheerios320]

One cannot understand why a watch collector loves and lives in collecting watches. Their….why do you need 10 watches? our answer, the art and craftmanship. For us wearing any of our watches is like wearing art on our wrist and being able to look at it and know the work that went into it, others. just see something that tells the time.

[@suncity22001]

all these bitter and twisted viewers slagging off ap for the royal oak? the watch is sublime inside and out, you just have to choose your colour!

[@liamszwed5290]

This series was brilliant. Please do more of these

[@itsalgud1459]

These watches are an amazing conflation of tactical and aesthetic work! And that sound!

[@AndresDeMoya]

Maybe I'm not the customer AP is aiming for but I find the Royal Oak line a little too "nouveau riche" for my taste if I'm being honest. In my mind it is for someone who needs people to know he has so much money he can waste it in a steel watch. It suits perfectly on a NBA player or one of those rapers or "artists" but it's not for me. Except the perpetual calendar with white dial in yellow or rose gold. That one is beautiful.

[@epvtrinidad]

Andres De Moya interesting take! definitely not uncommon. As someone who loves the brand (not necessarily all the watches though), it’s nice to have these discussions with people of varying tastes: so in the same vein, I take it that you also don’t exactly like the nautilus in steel? Not to mention it’s trading a lot higher? If this is the case, what pieces do you prefer? I like the jumbo way more than the 5711; the calatrava doesn’t appeal to me as much as a reverso or an FPJ CB.. but I do like all of these more than any AP ROO (maybe except the diver). Wanna hear your thoughts!

[@ianmedium]

With some of the Off Shores I can see that and I don’t know if it’s country specific but here in Austria it’s certainly from what I have seen at the Opera and other classical music venues we are blessed with here the wrists of the old money seem to have a fair number of AP’s on them especially vintage or the Royal Oak, in fact as well in the UK Prince Michael of Kent has worn a TT Royal Oak for almost thirty years. However, when I lived in Vancouver the majority were new money stockbroker types or wealthy Chinese and they all wore the really gaudy ones.

[@AndresDeMoya]

@@epvtrinidad to be honest I'm not a AP fan. The brand I love is Cartier so in that vein if I had to chose an AP watch I'll go without a doubt with the Reverso. I don't care much about references so I can't tell you which but being honest all reversos are gorgeous. There's something about the case's shape that is so simple and beautiful.

[@AndresDeMoya]

@@ianmedium and in WWII there where Jews in the nazi front. There are fringes in everything but that doesn't mean that they are right. "new money" is just an expresion. I know even old money people can have gaudy taste. Most people want to be part of the bunch.

[@AndresDeMoya]

@Random Human Well... Of course you only see apple watches you go. People tend to stay in between their own brackets so people you meet will be almost all alike. And that generalization is really wrong. Where I live I've only seen one apple watch and everyone wears a watch cheap or not. And from a design standpoint you can't compare Rolex to AP. Rolex has a great design that stands time and they rarely mess with it. That's why you can spot a new or old Rolex from a mile away and the watches they've inspired. But I've never seen a really cool watch inspired by an AP. The fact that rapers and sportsmen use them is inconsecuential. Is like saying "alcohol is freedom because Nazis and communists also use to drink schnapps."

[@angusmcintosh1857]

You can feel the sense of quality running through everything. But they have made a very clumsy-looking watch. What’s going on with that huge grey outer case/integrated lug area?

[@Andy-ri1ns]

Where would AP be without Mr. Genta 🧐

[@premtonbatku2878]

Andy Slinn I would have never heard about Genta without AP.

[@hiepnguyenlh]

I'm a modern and young man, I dont like Genta's designs, specially AP RO and PP Nautilus.

[@georgejpg]

probably the same place as PP. ie where it is now.

[@張海鷗-t2t]

舉發回覆提交使用者侵犯人權危害頻道權益受損嚴重影響個人權益執政問題。依法承擔責任債務賠償處分處理強制執行終極統一戰線頻道投資產業經營使用以及留言參政者經營侵犯危害負債危機處理。

[@mohnnadmercedes8246]

Andy Slinn genta watches ruins all classic and authentic designs

[@canonyeo4286]

Complicated watches are wonderful, but that's what they are - complicated watches. Before the advent of computer, they do make sense. Now, it's just simply not practical. It's just like cars. Too often 'dress watch' simply means 'not a sports watch', but, there's rather more to it than that. For example a high end classic Three Centre Hands manual winding watches are very rare, and sort after by connoisseurs. One of this in Patek will cost you a Benz or BMW. Normally, what we see are those with 2 hands or sub second hand. So, as watch lovers, we are grateful to Grand Seiko for continuing with the SBGW series every year, the latest being the 231, at an affordable price of 3K, with finishing that even Patek would not want to compete.

[@officialbrandoncoleman]

dope video, i love Audemars Piguet Watches

[@machiningpaper]

Can anyone explain to me the fixings on the front as see in the thumbnail. Hexagonal and cross cut yet in a hexagonal hole so they can't turn. What is going on there?

[@pasquale78]

machiningpaper It’s just a style element. The real screw heads are in the back.

[@marcoa7090]

machiningpaper that would be the nut, it's enclosed to resemble a hex screw, and as Pasquale said the screw is in the back but it's a functional design the hole keeps the nut ( it's probably called something else) from turning and protecting the enclosed nut since it's made of white gold

[@pasquale78]

@@marcoa7090 Your're right, but they didn't have to make a slit (in lack of a better word) in the nut on the front. That's pure decorative.

[@張海鷗-t2t]

@@pasquale78 舉發回覆提交使用者侵犯人權危害頻道与個人權益受損嚴重影響必須要求移交遣送出境債務賠償處分

[@pasquale78]

@@張海鷗-t2t Cool story bro!

[@nicknack8459]

9 broke folks checked the price and then thumbed down the video.

[@ianmedium]

Loved this and love AP, I would love for you to do a story on their support of independent watchmakers, I’m not sure many know how much support they give to the independents. For me they are a real watchmakers watchmaker brand, they got sidetracked a few years ago with the celebrity stuff but they seem to be back on track now than goodness!

[@rbeneveds]

That chime is mesmerizing!

[@Sturnburn772]

They need a new icon. The royal oak is gorgeous but AP currently is resting on it's laurels in my opinion. Come up with a new shape

[@epvtrinidad]

Demonstrating the RO Concept Supersonnerie on the right wrist while wearing an RD#2 on the left wrist. Dude wins at life lol

[@555Gear]

Beautiful philosophy comments at the beginning!

[@iimaniDAVID]

I never understood the minute repeater. If you're not sight impaired, where's the value?

[@AndresDeMoya]

At night.

[@張海鷗-t2t]

@@AndresDeMoya 舉發回覆提交使用者侵犯人權危害他人職務執政權益受損嚴重影響到持有更多訂閱內容職務者深受權益危害。必須要求強制執行終極頻道留言參政言論理賠處分。移交遣送出境理賠處理

[@張海鷗-t2t]

舉發回覆使用者違反公平交易職務者執政投資產業資源頻道經營危害。移交遣送出境債務賠償處分。終極頻道留言參政言論經營/依法承擔責任處理

[@AndresDeMoya]

@@張海鷗-t2t Interesting.

[@audemarspiguet]

Chiming watches exist longer than matches. It was a lot easier {for the happy few owning such complications} to make your pocket watch chime than figure out a way to light a candle.

[@andrefelipe7180]

Audemars before all of y'all

[@austina96]

Wrist watch got a Russian face like a oligarch.

[@user-xg6zz8qs3q]

UUUGGGHHH!!! Why on Earth would you play elevator music over the sound of the minute repeater!?

[@DEXVD]

Get excited guys, sounds like they got some new limited edition Royal Oaks coming our way!

[@2deep5u]

Yeah, get excited... I'm watching this with a Seiko 5 on my wrist lol.

[@calnative4904]

Don’t get me wrong I love watches, but some of these guys are taking themselves way to seriously...

[@oxysoxos]

Nothing wrong with taking your job seriously and doing it the best way possible.

[@superfast30]

Agreed...outside of the watch collector microcosm, no one gives a crap lol! In the end, the watch manufacturers are all about making money and finding ways to convince people that their a necessity!

[@marcellegault9752]

@@superfast30 Almost nothing is a "necessity" in life, its the extra we all do that makes life interesting.

[@danielalves86]

@Cal Native I feel you. The historian guy almost feels like one of those parody comedy video.

[@357mview2]

What happened to AP!!!! Sometimes you should read the name of your company slowly and deeply.

[@felleritaly1903]

Bellissimo

[@feraldorozanandy1114]

The video is great but AP is starting to be boring

[@JTMarlin8]

Really? How many do you own?

[@brianyoung3830]

Why the heck would that watch need a minute repeater.

[@WatchAddictionReviews]

too bad AP doesnt make their own bracelets or cases, like Rolex - but still love the Royal Oak

[@amosteng4568]

funny how a watch reviewer have 0 knowledge on one of the biggest brand in the industry.

[@kanzleiedgarfiebig]

Watch Addiction obviosly has nothing to do with knowledge.

[@DarkFreedomGaming3812]

Olivier Audemars wears his watch way too loose.

[@2deep5u]

I'm more amused by the fact that he's pulling a Schwarzkopf.

[@iloper]

Neon volours on an ap.... :(

[@christofferpedersen3939]

sure its out of my price range ..... but one of the worst things any seller can ever tell me is "one of our best sellers..." that's an instant turn off for me .... and the reason why the 2018 GMT master is off my xmas list .... why would anyone want what everybody else has or can obtain... ?

[@fracturedhearts3734]

That's why I collect vintage watches

[@christofferpedersen3939]

??? @Bryan LP

[@DenisKudlik]

It's amazing, just a shame it has to be that ugly.

[@ahmedsallam1179]

I'm an engineer, and I appreciate the complexity of the minute repeaters and tourbillion.. etc but I don't get the point of these complications and it's use

[@android61242]

How can they go from traditional design to the absolutely hideous garbage they make today.

[@Belbivdevoe]

Of course the AP chick is a smoke show

[@runner2345]

Instead of 8 years of research by Audemars why don;t you guys collaborate with Universities? which only takes 2-3 years for that kind of research.... (Mech. Eng. and Material Sci. etc) ? This is more efficient and effective.

[@runner2345]

@kingsmeadow I totally agree with you :) Im also the Haute Horology guy but hmmm it would be interesting to see young generation are researching with own passion. Is this just for mr 🤣

[@張海鷗-t2t]

@@runner2345 舉發回覆提交使用者侵犯人權危害頻道与個人執政權益受損嚴重影響移交遣送出境債務賠償處分

[@audemarspiguet]

Lucas Raggi, our Head of Research and Development was busy at EPFL {The École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne} when the project started. EPFL is one of the two Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology specialized in natural sciences and engineering. There is a lot of innovative solutions packed in our Supersonnerie. Sometimes, the wait is worth it.

[@mohnnadmercedes8246]

AP soo lazy to design an authentic classic watch, all there watches are royal oak 🤧😷

[@JTMarlin8]

That defines AP. It's not about being lazy. It's just too bad that their Royal Oak is so ugly.