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ultra-thin movements. Perseverance and initiative
were the watchwords: while the wall street crash in
1929 was a bitter blow, the company directors were
soon designing so-called skeleton watches before
embarking on chronograph production. but this new
momentum was abruptly interrupted by
the second world war. re-organisation
was necessary in the aftermath of the
conflict. The factory focused on creating
top-of-the-range items in keeping with
its tradition of innovation. A strategy
that would prove its worth, especially
since it was backed by outstanding
creative daring.
Audemars Piguet continued to build
on its now international reputation
with creative designs. 1972 saw the
launch of the royal oak, the first,
immediately successful high-quality sports watch in
steel, followed in 1986 by the first ultra-thin tourbillon
wristwatch with automatic winding. The creative spirit
of the Manufacture has not faltered since, offering
aesthetically original timekeepers with outstanding
movements. Thus it brought watches with complications
back into fashion at the end of the 1980s, launching
its extraordinary Tradition d’excellence collection in
1999. All the signs of a bold spirit rooted firmly in
tradition and auguring well for the future.
Two names for a greaT advenTure
in 1875, two young men passionate about
haute horlogerie — Jules louis Audemars and edward
August Piguet — decided to pool their skills to design
and produce watches with complications in the vallée
de Joux, the cradle of haute horlogerie. determination,
imagination and discipline led them to instant success.
A branch in geneva was their next move in about 1885
and new commercial links were forged at the 1889 Paris
world exposition, where they exhibited complication
pocket watches. The Audemars Piguet factory continued
to expand as the years went by. its creations represented
major milestones in the history of haute horlogerie,
like the first minute repeater wristwatch in 1892 and
the smallest five-minute repeater movement ever made
in 1915.
from 1918 onwards, the founders passed the reins of
the business onto their sons, who in turn perfected
their expertise in manufacturing men's and ladies'
wristwatches as well as designing new sophisticated,
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