AUDEMARS PIGUET – Code 11.59 Selfwinding Flying Tourbillon

 

AUDEMARS PIGUET – Code 11.59 Selfwinding Flying Tourbillon White Gold 41 mm Black Onyx Dial 50th Anniversary 2022

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AUDEMARS PIGUET RELEASES ITS FIRST
EVER Code 11.59 SELFWINDING FLYING
TOURBILLON

Swiss Haute Horlogerie manufacturer Audemars Piguet is happy to present its latest Code 11.59 by Audemars Piguet Selfwinding Flying Tourbillon enriched with a black onyx dial. The timepiece encompasses a stylised two-tone case design interweaving black ceramic with 18-carat white gold for a powerful contrast. 

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The watch’s blend of natural stone, precious metal and high-tech ceramic furthers the collection’s creative expression.

BLACK ONYX PURE ELEGANCE

The new Code 11.59 by Audemars Piguet gives pride of place to the black onyx dial, whose purity is highlighted by the absence of hour-markers. This stone dial has been crafted in collaboration with long-term partner Someco, a company specialised in dial manufacturing since 1966 and located in La Chaux-de-Fonds. 

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Carved out of a single black onyx stone, the dial has then been cut into a thin disc, ground, sanded and polished to perfection before being inserted into the dial’s pink-gold-toned brass base plate. Its polished finishing confers it an elegant shine, magnified by the watch’s double curved sapphire crystal. Each dial is unique, as each stone has its own natural composition, texture and colour and reacts differently to the manufacturing and finishing operations.

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The overall minimalist design is enriched with pink gold accents, including pink gold hands and a discreet pink-gold-toned minute track printed on the black lacquered inner bezel. The polished laser-cut pink gold “Audemars Piguet” signature has been applied onto the dial with dedicated legs specifically adapted to the stone’s thickness. 

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Lastly, the flying tourbillon cage, encircled by a delicate pink-gold-toned thread, matching with the balance wheel pulsating within, makes its rotations at 6 o’clock. For the first time, the top bridge of the flying tourbillon cage has been finished with black PVD in an echo to the dial’s colour. The black rubber-coated strap, finished with a textured motif, enhances the watch’s contemporary look.

TWO-TONE CASE AESTHETIC

BLENDING BLACK CERAMIC AND WHITE GOLD
The Selfwinding Flying Tourbillon is endowed with a contemporary two-tone case design. While the bezel, lugs and caseback are crafted in 18-carat white gold, the octagonal case middle is honed from black ceramic. First introduced on the Code 11.59 by Audemars Piguet Selfwinding Chronograph in 2021, this two-tone case aesthetic makes its debut this year on some of the collection’s complicated models.  

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Blending advanced technology and time-honoured tradition, the case required complex programming, dedicated tools and highly specialised human talents for its industrialisation and the hand finishing of its components. Similarly to the 2021 Code 11.59 by Audemars Piguet Selfwinding Chronograph, the ceramic case middle has been crafted in collaboration with Bangerter, a Swiss family-owned company specialised in the manufacturing of precision components made of advanced ceramics, tungsten carbide and other super hard materials.

The manufacturing of the case middle follows a complex industrial flow. Zirconium Oxide (ZrO₂) powder is combined with binder content, the composition of which remains the secret of the company. This feedstock is given preliminary shape on latest generation 5-axis CNC machine technology. After this first machining process, the binder is removed. The watch component obtains its hardness and final colour by sintering at approximately 1,400° C. 

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The component is then hard machined with high-precision diamond tools before being pre-polished and pre-satin-brushed. Ultimately, like the gold components, the ceramic case middle is meticulously hand-finished with the Manufacture’s trademark alternation of satin brushing and polished chamfers, endowing the timepiece with a rich play of light. The artisans’ final challenge is to reach perfect alignment between the rounded and angular surfaces of the ceramic and gold elements, a task that can only be achieved by hand.

“Born in Le Brassus, raised around the world.”

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TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Model:  CODE 11.59 by Audemars Piguet Selfwinding Flying Tourbillon / 41mm

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Ref. 26396NB.OO.D002KB.01

Movement 
Hand-wound Manufacture calibre 2950
Total diameter: 31.50 mm (13 ¾ lignes)
Total thickness: 6.19 mm
Number of jewels: 27
Number of parts: 270
Minimal guaranteed power reserve: 65 h
Frequency of balance wheel: 3 Hz (= 21,600 vibrations/hour)

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Functions

• Tourbillon
• Hours
• Minutes

Case
Diameter 41 mm
Black ceramic case middle, 18-carat white gold bezel, lugs, caseback and crown, 

double curved glareproofed sapphire crystal, glareproofed sapphire caseback.
Thickness: 11.8 mm
Water-resistant to 20 m
Dial
Black onyx dial

Black lacquered inner bezel.
Openworked
18-carat pink gold hands 
Bracelet
Black rubber-coated strap with 18-carat white gold AP folding clasp.


Price: CHF 175,000

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