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New Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept Spider-Man Tourbillon is for Marvel fans

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In 2021, Audemars Piguet (AP) introduced the world to a remarkable and collaborative timepiece; the first-ever Royal Oak Concept x Marvel watch. It was a sensational creation dedicated to the Black Panther. The Royal Oak presented with the fictional character appearing to elevate above the dial in 3D.

This extraordinary watch captures the attention of enthusiasts and collectors alike, resulting in a unique timepiece going out in an auction for a staggering 5.2 million dollars. The resounding success of this collaboration is a germinator of the next edition Marvel collaboration; the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Spider-Man Spider-Man Tourbillon.

Designer: Audemars Piguet

Recently, Audemars Piguet released, to the enthusiastic audience in Dubai, its second Marvel-inspired watch. This time, the superhero on the timepiece is everyone’s beloved Spider-Man.

Just like its predecessor, the Royal Oak Concept Spider-Man Tourbillon showcased the Marvel character seemingly suspended within the intricate case. The watch has a 42mm titanium case, surrounded by a black ceramic bezel and crown. What sets this timepiece apart is the superhero that’s carved from CNC-milled white gold and adorned with exquisite engravings and hand-painted details.

Powering this horologically sound rendition of the Royal Oak is the hand-wound, in-house Calibre 2974, providing 72 hours of power reserve. To enhance its versatility, the watch comes paired with a black and grey interchangeable rubber strap or a rubber strap in black and red, adding an extra touch of dynamism to the overall look.

The Royal Oak Concept Spider-Man Tourbillon is a very exclusive creation. It is limited to only 250 pieces worldwide. Priced at 195,000 Swiss francs (approx. $215,000), the meticulously detailed and inclusion of Spider-Man iconic elements make the watch a highly sought-after collector’s item.

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The Audemars Piguet Museum immerses visitors into the world of intricate luxury watchmaking

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Designed by Atelier Brueckner, the Musee Atelier Audemars Piguet gives patrons and visitors a unique perspective into the company’s reverential approach to timekeeping and watchmaking, while guiding them through the entire process to help them understand exactly why the company is regarded as one of the most renowned watchmakers on the planet. Located in Le Brassus, the same historic village where the company was first founded, the museum guides people through the past, present, and future of Audemars Piguet.

Designer: Atelier Brueckner

“The scenography offers a diverse experience of watchmaking with crescendos, high points, and contemplative moments”, the architects mention. “Various sculptures, automata, and kinetic installations give rhythm to the exhibition, which is optically linked to the surrounding landscape. In the heart of the spiral, visitors approach the Complications. They are demonstrated by mechanical installations and give visitors a feeling about the complexity of the watch mechanisms. Eight watches with Grande Complications are placed around the Universelle, the most complicated watch that Audemars Piguet has ever created.”

The museum carefully captures the sheer brilliance and intricacy of AP’s watches with its viewer experience. Not only is the museum planned out in stunning detail with the liberal use of gold accenting to evoke a sense of luxury, it’s equally painstaking in how minutely each detail is incorporated. Every aspect of the architecture, from the floors, to walls, to ceilings, to even the lights, plays a small role in the grander scheme, just like a small cogwheel serves a larger purpose in a watch’s complication. Eventually, the journey through the museum feels like a journey through space and time.

The Musee Atelier Audemars Piguet is a winner of the A’ Design Award for the year 2022.

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Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Music Edition gets a swanky equalizer watch face

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In the world of luxury watchmaking, creativity and out-of-the-box thinking are valued way above anything else. The horologists over at Audemars Piguet know their craft when it comes to putting together desirable timepieces, and their new watch keeps up the valued tradition.

In awe of the Royal Oak’s 50th anniversary, the Swiss manufacturer has already surprised collectors with the Royal Oak Selfwinding Carolina Bucci Limited Edition boasting a mirror dial. To pep up things, now Audemars Piguet has introduced fun new timepieces in titanium and all-black ceramic inspired by the love of music. Understandably christened the Royal Oak Offshore Music Edition, the watch comes in both 37mm and 43mm case sizes.

Designer: Audemars Piguet

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Based on 2021 revamp of the Offshore collection, the limited-edition timepieces come with rubber straps in blue or black and turquoise, yellow and green with titanium AP pin buckles. The waffle-shaped design of the AP’s creation is apparent and that tapisserie dial is pretty cool. To mimic the active sound levels for music equalizer visualization on this one, the rainbow colors are arranged meticulously on the lower half of the dial. The audio theme drips over to the strap studs with a knurled texture to replicate the jack pugs and the crown guards looking like the mixing console faders.

These exclusive watches have the new in-house time-only 4Hz automatic movements at the heart. 37mm version gets the Calibre 5909 movement while 43mm one has Calibre 4309 movement. The power reserve on the two is rated at 60 and 70 hours respectively. Both these titanium dial timepieces will be limited to just 500 pieces each and are priced at £24,600 (approximately $29,800) for the 37mm variant and £26,700 (approximately $32,100) for 43mm one. The Black Ceramic one we are interested in is even more elusive, since it’ll come only in 250 pieces and priced at  £34,100 (approximately $41,400).

For sure, the music equalizer is an unexpected take on the traditional design, and also has a motif element to it. The Royal Oak Offshore Music Edition will undoubtedly attract music composers and artists since they already swear by AP’s cool creations!

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Audemars Piguet’s stunning Black Panther Flying Tourbillon watch pays tribute to Wakanda’s King

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No, it isn’t powered by vibranium…

Luxury Swiss timepiece brand Audemars Piguet surprised us this week with the release of the Royal Oak “Black Panther” Flying Tourbillon, a watch that’s decidedly Wakandan in its spirit and sports a crouching King T’Challa on the watch’s face, poised right above a glorious tourbillon. Created in partnership with Marvel, the watch features a 42mm body made from sandblasted titanium with a black ceramic bezel, within which sits the watch’s crown jewel – a miniature figurine of the Black Panther crafted from white gold before being hand-engraved and meticulously painted with stunning attention to detail. For the watch aficionado, however, there’s also a flying tourbillon located right under King T’challa, complete with the Audemars Piguet logo.

The Royal Oak “Black Panther” Flying Tourbillon looks a lot like something Shuri would cook up in her Wakandan lab. It uses the signature black, purple, and silver color combination, while also using textural elements and patterns that help it look the part. The hands on the watch face closely resemble the fang-necklace seen around the Black Panther suit’s neck area, while the exhibition back uses a low-poly pattern quite similar to the one seen in the film’s artwork. The miniature figurine on the front looks stunningly realistic, with a laser-engraved microtexture on the suit, while the rest of the details are hand-carved and hand-painted to absolute perfection. Adding dynamism to the front of the watch is that tourbillon, which completes one full rotation every minute. Flip the watch over and its exhibition back showcases an in-house 3Hz hand-wound caliber 2965 movement with a 72 hours power reserve. Glareproofed sapphire crystal panels sit on the front as well as the back, and give the watch 50m of water resistance. The watch comes affixed with a purple rubber strap, and you can even grab yourself an additional black strap, swapping it out to give the watch a more serious demeanor.

The Royal Oak “Black Panther” Flying Tourbillon was unveiled at an online charity auction hosted by Audemars Piguet CEO François-Henry Bennahmias and actor Kevin Hart, and a special one-off 18k white gold version of it racked up a final asking price of $5.2 million. If you don’t have that kind of walking-around money, Audemars Piguet is producing a further 250 units (made from titanium) for sale across its various retail stores with a slightly more modest price tag of $162,000.

Designers: Audemars Piguet X Marvel

Limited to just 250 pieces, the watch retails for a cool $162,000 a pop and is available upon appointment. I guess you’d have to be Wakandan royalty to be able to afford these.

The Black Panther miniature figurine comes realized in white-gold. There’s a video on AP’s website that showcases the intricate process behind how specialized artisans hand-carve and hand-paint each Black Panther miniature.

The back reveals the stunning hand-wound caliber 2956 movement powering the timepiece (sorry, no vibranium included!) enclosed under a stunning scratch-resistant sapphire crystal panel.

With its alluring concentric-circle design, this wristwatch was made to look hypnotic!

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Creating a contrast that’s beautiful to look at, along with a sense of depth that one could potentially get lost in, the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept Flying Tourbillion looks like a work of art on your wrist. The watch, which is priced at a whopping 145,000 Swiss Francs (or $157,000) isn’t your average luxury timepiece though. For starters, the outer body is literally made of 18 karat gold, and is available in white-gold and rose-gold variants. As your eye travels from the case to the dial itself, you immediately feel a sense of descent, thanks to the multiple layers/steps on the inside that go from a rich royal blue to a dark navy, almost feeling like entering a void. This arrangement allows you to practically get lost in the Royal Oak Concept Flying Tourbillion’s watch-face. At the very focus of this stepped dial is its diamond-encrusted tourbillion which immediately becomes the watch’s crown jewel, with nothing really to distract from its presence, apart from the gold hands and the AP logo at the 12 o’clock position.

Turn the timepiece over and you can see hand-wound manufacture caliber 2964 through an exhibition back. The watch comes with a 72-hour power reserve, alligator straps, and is set for a limited production run. Oh, and that impeccable frosted finish on the front half of the gold casing? It’s created by Italian designer Carolina Bucci, who employed an ancient Florentine jewelry technique of physically creating tiny indentations with a diamond-tipped tool on the gold surface to make a micro-texture that’s more opulent-looking than your regular sand-blasted finish… and the price-tag of Audemars Piguet’s Royal Oak Concept Flying Tourbillion completely reflects that level of artistry and impeccable luxury!

Designer: Audemars Piguet