AUDEMARS PIGUET – Royal Oak Minute Repeater Supersonnerie 42 mm Titanium - 2021
AUDEMARS PIGUE REVEALS A NEW ROYAL OAK MINUTE REPEATER SUPERSONNERIE ENTIRELY CRAFTED IN TITANIUM
Swiss Haute Horlogerie manufacturer Audemars Piguet is happy to unveil a new version of its Royal Oak Minute Repeater Supersonnerie in titanium. This complicated limited production watch is equipped with the ground-breaking in-house hand-wound Calibre 2953 which is protected by three patents.
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The timepiece is adorned with a refined and highly stylised guilloché dial in smoked grey hues to complement the titanium case. Paying tribute to older chiming timepieces while utilising advanced technology, this watch will appeal to lovers of remarkable acoustic performances.
STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY
Developed by Audemars Piguet and launched in 2016 in the Royal Oak Concept collection, the Supersonnerie mechanism endows this new minute repeater model with the volume and resonance usually associated with pocket watches. This patented technology results from 8 years of research in collaboration with EPFL, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. Inspired by the sonic power of older minute repeater watches as well as by the harmony of musical instruments, a dedicated community of watchmakers, technicians, academics and musicians reviewed the case construction to produce a new chiming technology.
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The exceptional acoustic performance, sound quality and harmonic tone are granted by the patented gongs, case construction and striking regulator developed at the time. The gongs are not attached to the mainplate, but to a new device acting as soundboard, which improves sound transmission and boosts sound amplification. The redesigned striking regulator – the device that sets the pace of the hours, quarters and minutes chiming sequence – has been revised and now incorporates an innovative, more flexible anchor system which absorbs shocks and eliminates unwanted noise.
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Furthermore, an astute mechanical modification of the chiming sequence has mitigated the quarter-hour pause between the chiming of the minutes and the hours, when the watch does not strike the quarter hours. Last but not least, a security function prevents the wearer from activating the hand-setting function while the minute repeater mechanism is striking.
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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Model: Royal Oak Minute Repeater Supersonnerie / 42 mm
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Ref. 26591TI.OO.1252TI.03
MOVEMENT
Hand-wound Calibre 2953
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Total thickness 6 mm
Number of jewels 32
Number of parts 362
Minimum guaranteed power reserve 72 h
Frequency of balance wheel Hz (21,600 vibrations/hour)
FUNCTIONS
Minute repeater Supersonnerie, hours, minutes and small seconds.
CASE
Titanium case 42 mm
Glareproofed sapphire crystal
Screw-locked crown
Water-resistant to 50 m.
Black inner bezel
DIAL
Smoked grey dial with “Grande Tapisserie” pattern,
Black small seconds counter
White gold applied hour-markers and Royal Oak hands with luminescent coating
BRACELET
Titanium bracelet with AP folding clasp.
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Press Release - 2021
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