All posts in February 2015

Three new models are added into the Millenary collection at SIHH next month, together with smaller instances and more sparkle than ever before. The Millenary is among three collections from Audemars Piguet Luxury Watches Replica that contain ladies’ watches, but essentially, it’s by far the most female-centric of the complete collections inside the brand. The Royal Oak and the Royal Oak Offshore equally have women’ versions, but they began as, and therefore are known mainly as men’s collections. The jewellery sets are limited-edition one-offs, certainly not created for everyday wear or pocketbooks. That leaves the Audemars Piguet Millenary, with its distinctive elliptical case and off-center dial.The Millenary set, that was established in 1995, has always been a stage for watchmaking’s metiers d’art, about a decade before the resurgence of those crafts in the rest of the watch world. Gem-setting is a particular strength of this collection differentiating the watches in the sportier Royal Oak and Royal Oak Offshore women’ pieces. At the same time, a partly openworked dial gives the Millenary a technical aspect — a reminder that it comes from one of the leading makers of mechanical movements. The Millenary, last updated in 2015, will be refreshed with three new models at SIHH following month in Geneva, for example two all-gold models set with diamonds and a single gold case version with a strap.The instance on the strap version has a “frosted gold” finish that gives it the look of hand-finished jewelry. It is made employing a diamond-tipped instrument to produce tiny indentations throughout the surface, culminating in a shimmering glow, such as snow. The finish was released last year around the ladies’ Royal Oak. On the Millenary, it is used between polished segments on the stepped bezel and lugs, as well as to areas of the case side. The signature offset sub-dials that record hours, minutes, and seconds are set with opal, a fresh dial substance for this collection. Audemars Piguet also adds a fashion watch component to the strap variant.
The pink or white gold bracelet versions have been fitted with bracelets which, such as the frosted finish, have a hand-crafted element that gives the watch a jewellery aesthetic. Audemars Piguet requires it the Polish bracelet because it is given a high polish to make it more supple on the wrist. In the bracelet, the golden threads are in a right-over-left pattern instead of in precisely the same direction. The result is a bracelet which is more flexible and therefore hugs the wrist like another skin. This is made more possible by the capacity to carefully size the bracelet by adding or removing links in 5mm sections. The sub-dials on the bracelet versions are mother-of-pearl. The instances on all 3 new Millenary watches are scaled to 39.5mm, which makes them more wearable than the 45mm bits in prior models, and a lot more wearable than the 47mm Millenary 4101, a model more intended for a person’s wrist. The new, scaled-down models make the Millenary more purely a ladies’ collection, and it will be a good movement for Audemars Piguet. All three new models include the manually-wound Caliber 5201, which can be reversed to display some of its components on the dial side. Pricing for the newest Millenary models will be available in mid-January. Regardless of whether you’re into all things that glitter, it can not be denied that 2017’s SIHH tendencies were punctuated by heaps of the 79th part in white, yellow, and frosty hues. And nobody needed more to reveal in this camp than Audemars Piguet, whose Extra-Thin Jumbo Royal Oak (mention 15202) in gold didn’t quite steal the spotlight in the showstopping Perpetual Calendar in ceramic, but it certainly came incredibly close — especially for people who’ve been following the previous 40 or so years of the Royal Oak.
The answer to this question is easy: everyone. What I mean by this is that there are two quite different groups of luxury watch purchasers: the collector along with the basic “watch lover.” The collector is the guy who spent the past 15 years living on TimeZone and the PuristS, the type of guy who hears the name Walt Odets and knows exactly who I am talking about. The collector is the type of guy who understands the difference between hand polished and handmade. He’s gotten well past the point of arguing about brands and understands enough to talk about individual projects. He reveres Patek Philippe for exactly what it meant to watches within the previous 100 years, understands the significance and appeal of classic Rolex, but purchases just what speaks to him. A watch lover, on the other hand, is someone who might be a little newer to luxury watches, and is still very brand conscious. Both buy watches from Audemars Piguet, but probably different versions, and certainly for different reasons.Let’s start with the collector. The collector buys Audemars Piguet Watches And Prices Replica due to its history in great complicated pocketwatches. The collector purchases AP since when Patek Philippe wanted some assistance on the complicated repeater of this Henry Graves Jr.. Supercomplication, it turned out to AP. The collector purchases AP because of watches such as this, this, and this.

Audemars Piguet just reopened its flagship boutique in Singapore, now restyled and enlarged, making it the largest such store in the world. We take you on a quick tour of the fresh premises.

Sitting just off Orchard Road, Singapore’s main shopping boulevard, the revamped boutique is over 2000 sq ft, the largest Audemars Piguet boutique in the world. Liberally decorated with oak and stone, the store leans heavily on Audemars Piguet’s hometown of Le Brassus for inspiration. The flagship outpost of the only haute horlogerie watchmaker still owned by the founding families, the new Singapore boutique is fronted with a three-story facade fronted with vertical strips. Made of matte bronze, these are meant to evoke the trees of Le Brassus, which sits high in the mountains of the Vallee de Joux. Despite the imposing height outside, the interior is only two floors, giving both levels expansive space.

An enormous chandelier on the ground level is inspired by the cloud and fog that will be familiar to visitors to Le Brassus.

A watchmaker sits at his bench on the second level, available for simpler tasks like replacing batteries, swapping straps or evaluating a watch for servicing.

The store is fully stocked with Audemars Piguet timepieces, including most of the Royal Oak Concept watches, various limited editions (including the limited edition “Jumbo” 15202 in yellow gold), along with some of the SIHH 2016 new releases. The Audemars Piguet boutique is located at:

541 Orchard Road

Liat Towers #01-03

Singapore 238881

First and second images courtesy of Audemars Piguet

We recently featured an exclusive hands-on look at the new for 2013 Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Ultra-Thin Perpetual calendar replica watch. We were excited both by the price and aesthetics of that sexy and slim perpetual calendar with its classic design. That replica watch represented one of the three pillars which we consider to be the strengths of Jaeger-LeCoultre as a brand. The other two pillars are sport replica watches, and wildly complicated replica watches (that may either be sport or classically designed pieces). While I have a lot of love for a Reverso or Master collection piece, my own personal tastes draw me much closer to Jaeger’s sport replica watches such as this new Cermet version of the Deep Sea Chronograph.

What is cermet? It is what it sounds like – an alloy material that is part ceramic and part metal. Cermet was originally brought to my attention by Audemars Piguet, who a few years ago began to experiment with the material on bezels of some Royal Oak Offshore replica watches. According to Jaeger-LeCoultre, the cermet used on this swiss replica watch is a “material consisting of aluminum reinforced with particles of ceramic and then covered with a protective coating of ceramics, has incomparable properties of lightness, resistance, and stability.”

Fair enough. So cermet is lighter than most metal and ceramic materials, but has the strength and scratch resistance of ceramic. Apparently it is also much lighter than titanium. It also seems to not have the shattering properties that ceramic can experience upon high impact. I’ve seen highly polished cermet, but on this Deep Sea Chronograph replica watch, Jaeger-LeCoultre opted for a more matte finish. As a sport replica watch material, cermet seems like a good way to go, although there are other good materials (this is just one of them).

One thing I am not sure of, and sort of forgot to clarify with Jaeger-LeCoultre, was whether or not the entire replica watch case is cermet. I believe the black-colored pieces are, but as you can tell, the Deep Sea Chronograph case has a sort of sandwich construction with the dark gray/black sections between between lighter titanium colored sections. My understanding is that these sections are also potentially cermet as the material can be produced to look like metal – but these sections may also be “merely” titanium. In any event, on the wrist the Deep Sea Chronograph Cermet does feel light yet durable. Some will love the bi-color case style, and others will no doubt prefer a more solid color to the case. Jaeger-LeCoultre has a range of Deep Sea replica watches of both styles.

For me, this was my top replica watch pick at the 2013 SIHH show at Jaeger-LeCoultre. No, it wasn’t the most technically innovative or outstanding replica watch, but it was on a short list of timepieces that in my opinion are desirable and also come with a price that is within the realm of accessibility. I can lust after a Gyrotourbillon 3 for years but that won’t bring me (as well as the majority of other replica watch lovers) any closer to being able to afford it. Pieces like the Deep Sea Chronograph Cermet, and other versions have that Jaeger-LeCoultre prestige, in-house made movements, and a price that is something we could conceivably save up for, and that is why I get much more excited about pieces like this.

Vacheron Constantin’s highly prestigious Historiques collection welcomes a newcomer – the Toledo 1951 replica watch. The novelty is sure to meet the exquisite taste of replica watch collectors and passionate devotees.

The replica Vacheron Constantin watch demonstrates an replica Vacheron Constantin pink gold case that stands out due to its signature shape with three rounded sides. You will notice the uniform polishing on the sides and the round angles. The case catches the light nicely accentuating its curves and levels. Matching the shape of the case, the sapphire crystal is also delicately curved.

The square shape of the dial echoes the shape of the case. Reflecting the fine tradition of artistic crafts cherished by the brand, the dial of the replica watch features a hand-guilloché centre. The geometrical motif of the dial’s center, inspired by the 1951 model, also accentuates the case shape.

The case of the Toledo 1951 replica watch is characterized by the following dimensions about- 36.4 mm x 43 mm and 8.9 mm thick. Yet, it is not too weighty and provides supreme comfort on the wrist. It is coupled with an alligator leather strap fitted with a half Maltese Cross-shaped pin buckle.

The heart of the novelty is a famous in-house self-winding mechanical movement – Calibre 2460 SC. Operating at a frequency of 28,800 vibrations per hour, it is built with a 22K gold oscillating weight and gives an advantage of 40-hour power reserve. The same as all traditionally created Vacheron Constantin calibers, the 27-jewel movement boasts manually cut out and bevelled bridges and accurately polished screws.

The Vacheron Constantin Toledo 1951 replica watch corresponds to the requirements of the highly prestigious Hallmark of Geneva.

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