AUDEMARS PIGUET – Royal Oak Perpetual CALENDAR Gold 41mm Special Edition
Royal Oak Perpetual CALENDAR
ONE Night for ONE Drop Special Edition - Unique pieces
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Proceeds to benefit One Drop in its mission
to raise awareness for critical water issues
LAS VEGAS On Friday, March 2, some of the biggest names in music came together to support the sixth annual One Night for One Drop event imagined by Cirque du Soleil®, raising funds and awareness to benefit critical water issues worldwide.
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Held inside the Michael Jackson ONE Theatre at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, this year's production was inspired by the life of GRAMMY®-nominated singer-songwriter Jewel.
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As part of the evening's live auction, one of the highlights was Audemars Piguet's Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar unique piece. The 18-carat rose gold watch featured the most classic complication in all of watchmaking with a special oscillating weight engraved with a reproduction of the historical Audemars Piguet Manufacture.
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Making the piece a true one-of-a-kind was the reversed dial and counter tones. When the hammer finally came down, the price was $240,000 making it the evening's top performing lot. In total, the evening raised $1,156,060. All proceeds from the event will benefit One Drop's global water efforts, with a portion of the proceeds going to the Las Vegas Community.
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Presented by MGM Resorts International, the electrifying, one-night-only performance captivated the sold-out audience by taking them through pivotal moments of Jewel's life and making them relatable using popular themes such as family, love, betrayal and the courage to forgive.
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Breathtaking performances by artists from all seven resident Cirque du Soleil shows accompanied Jewel. Guests were then invited to enjoy performances by Nicholas Petricca of the popular pop/rock band Walk The Moon.
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AUDEMARS PIGUET – Royal Oak Perpetual CALENDAR Latin America Gold 41 mm Limited Edition
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AUDEMARS PIGUET CELEBRATES HAUTE
HORLOGERIE MILESTONE IN MEXICO
For Audemars Piguet, astronomical observation has always been an inspiration in creating exceptional masterpieces to measure time. Such inspiration gave birth to the Perpetual Calendar complication, one of the most iconic complications in the history of Haute Horlogerie.
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Since its founding, in 1875, the Manufacture of Le Brassus has improved its horological interpretation of stellar rotation to measure, with absolute precision, the minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and years, including leap years, as well as the phases of the moon.
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The creation of the Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar Latin America Edition marks a fresh opportunity to share this fascination for horological achievement with collectors, brand friends and retailers, perpetuating the Audemars Piguet legacy in the world of Haute Horlogerie. This true masterpiece, limited to 100 pieces in pink gold, has a pink gold dial with the “Grande Tapisserie” motif and blue hemispheres. Engraved with “Audemars Piguet”, its oscillating weight is a reminder that the history of time measurement is also a story of human know-how.
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The celebration of this special edition was marked by a dinner created by Mexican chef Enrique Olvera in the sumptuous setting of the Tamayo Museum in Mexico City, one of the city’s most iconic and emblematic cultural venues. Guests enjoyed an unforgettable evening where they saw for themselves the role that astronomy has played in stretching the bounds of human ingenuity.
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Antonio Seward, Audemars Piguet North America CEO, explained that the Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar Latin America Edition is reflects the Manufacture’s strong relationship with the region, a sympathy that has existed for many decades, long before the current enthusiasm for Haute Horlogerie. “We dedicate this watch to Latin America with love. We share the same pioneering spirit!” said Seward.
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During dinner, guests were shown notable examples from the more than 100 years that Audemars Piguet has dedicated to constant improvement in creating and developing perpetual calendars. An example from the XXth century was a gold and platinum pocket watch with a cushion shape case, engraved and dated (1954) for President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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One of the most popular topics of the evening concerned the evolution of the pocket watch into the wristwatch, a fascinating process of progressive miniaturisation that started on a large scale in the 1920s and implied technical advances such as new mechanisms designed to indicate leap years on the dial. A remarkable example from 1957 was shown, for which the13VZSSQP Calibre was created.
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AUDEMARS PIGUET – “Triple Calendar Chronograph”
Moon combined with lunar calendar - Ref. 46’540 (1941-1942)
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The savoir-faire of the Manufacture was referenced through different highlights, like the design of the thinnest perpetual calendar of the world, from 1978, a creation by Jaqueline Dimier; the incorporation of a ring that indicates 52 weeks of the year in the Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar 120th Anniversary, from 1995;
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Audemars Piguet Museum is Perpetual Valendar Platinum and yellow gold pocket-watch, 1922
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the introduction of super-sized watch cases in 1997 that propelled the project of the Royal Oak Offshore Perpetual Calendar and Chronograph, as well as the fabrication of the extra-thin selfwinding movement, like the one of the Perpetual Calendar Extra Thin from 1995, equipped with a 3.19 millimetre 2003/2805 Calibre.
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TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Model: Royal Oak Perpetual CALENDAR Latin America Edition
Limited Edition to 100 pieces.
Reference: 26584OR.OO.1220OR.01
Movement
Self winding Manufacture Calibre 5134
Frequency of balance wheel (Hz): 2.75 (=19,800 vibrations /h)
Total diameter: 29 mm (12’’’ 3/4 lignes)
Total thickness: 4.31mm
Number of jewels: 38
Number of parts: 374
Minimal guaranteed power reserve: 40h
Unique hand-finished oscillating mass
Functions
Perpetual calendar with week indication, day, date,
astronomical moon, month, leap year, hours and minutes
Case
18-carat pink gold case
Case 41 mm
Glareproofed sapphire crystal and caseback, screw-locked crown.
Pink gold-toned inner bezel.
Dial
Pink gold-toned dial with “Grande Tapisserie” pattern,
blue counters, pink gold applied hour-markers
Royal Oak hands with luminescent coating.
Bracelet
18-carat pink gold bracelet with AP folding clasp.
Additional blue alligator strap
Limited Edition of 100 Piece
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Press Release - 2018
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