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Millenary Minute Repeater with
AP escapement
Founded in Le Brassus in 1875, the Audemars Piguet
Manufacture very rapidly made a name for itself in
the art of striking watches. As time went by, further
complications were added (perpetual calendar and
chronograph in 1882 and power reserve display in 1885).
The experience thus acquired enabled it to make the first
minute repeater wristwatch in 1892. This masterpiece
of miniaturization has earned this complication a
permanent place in the history of the brand. To the
point that at the end of the 1980s, when no designs
remained for these watches that had become obsolete,
Audemars Piguet launched a minute repeater jump hours,
thereby reviving this type of watch.
The new Millenary Minute Repeater is entirely in line
with this longstanding tradition, while adopting the
latest technological breakthroughs developed by
Audemars Piguet, starting with the new AP escapement.
As an essential component in the smooth running of a
watch, the escapement serves to sequence the linear
energy transmitted by the barrel. Audemars Piguet
developed a new system that combined the high efficiency
of a direct impulse escapement with the security of a
Swiss lever escapement. The watchmakers in Le Brassus
thereby succeeded in reducing the energy losses and
in eliminating the need to lubricate the pallet-stones.
This groundbreaking technical development in turn
enhanced rating accuracy, long-term stability and shock-
resistance.
The Millenary Minute Repeater with AP escapement - a
unique combination of aesthetics and modern technology -
is a new, influential contribution to the history of the
Audemars Piguet collection.