STIMULATING VIOLET, VIBRATING VIOLET
As part of the 50th anniversary of its watch ambassador, the Manufacture in Le Brassus is unveiling a timepiece designed to mesmerize the eye by featuring a beating heart on a vibrant purple background.
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of a legendary watch, the year 2022 has been rich in new product launches, in both mechanical and aesthetic creativity, always with the spirit of innovation and know-how that has driven Audemars Piguet since its founding in 1875. The watchmaker from Le Brassus is thus unveiling the Royal Oak Selfwinding Flying Tourbillon Extra-Thin RD#3, a brand-new version incorporating a movement that required five years of development to fit into a diameter as small as 37mm.
Indeed, thanks to its titanium tourbillon cage coupled with a peripheral drive and a new escapement with an oscillator allowing a greater amplitude for more precision and better energy management, the Calibre 2968 is 3.4mm thin and 29.6mm in diameter. Set to 3hz, this engine assembled with 226 components delivers 59 hours of power reserve when fully wound. Its openworked oscillating weight, stamped with the logo specially designed for the 50th anniversary of the Royal Oak, as well as its openworked bridges, can be admired through the transparent back of the steel case.
On the dial side, the show begins with the dance of the flying tourbillon placed in an opening at 6 o’clock on a violet checkerboard. The famous Petite Tapisserie pattern has been coated with a vibrant, uniform plum color by CVD, or chemical vapor deposition, forming a superb contrast with the white gold hour markers and bathtub-shaped hour and minute hands. The Royal Oak Selfwinding Flying Tourbillon Extra-Thin RD#3 is worn on a steel link bracelet, reworked for enhanced ergonomics and fluidity, which is closed by an AP buckle.
