ARCHITECTURAL PAROXYSM
In the workshops of Le Brassus, they play with the power of mechanics, the strength of design and the magic of architecture, as proven by this new limited edition made of white gold and blue ceramic.
While the spotlight is on the iconic Royal Oak watch, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, Code 11.59 by Audemars Piguet, the youngest of the Le Brassus watchmaker’s collections, welcomes a new version of its Tourbillon Openworked. In addition to being a mechanical jewel, this limited edition of 50 pieces is also a masterpiece of architecture and design. Moreover, it harmoniously combines different materials, colors and finishes for a rendering as hypnotic as the dance of its tourbillon.
Measuring 41mm in diameter and 10.7mm in thickness, the case is composed of a combination of white gold bezel/horns/caseback and a cobalt blue ceramic case middle. It is topped with a double curved crystal, domed on the inner surface and concave on the outer. Beneath the sapphire crystal is a whole world of blue-tinted ALD or CVD, such as the flange with a thin white minute track, the bridges and the movement’s plate, with a few silver (the barrel and the gear train) and gold (the balance and the central baton-type hour and minute hands) touches.
This novel architecture, enhanced by different finishing styles (vertical satin-finishing, circular satin-finishing and polished beveling) is the mechanical expression of the hand-wound caliber 2948, an openworked engine that vibrates at the gentle frequency of 3hz and provides an important three-day power reserve. The Code 11.59 by Audemars Piguet Tourbillon Openworked can be worn on a blue rubber strap decorated with a woven pattern and lined with calfskin leather and fastened with a white gold folding clasp.
