Audemars Piguet Edward Piguet Tourbillon Large Date watch

The Audemars Piguet Edward Piguet Tourbillon Large Date watch expresses the timeless beauty of the tourbillon complication with Art Deco-inspired elegance. Since its invention more than two centuries ago, the tourbillon has come to represent a lofty pinnacle of the high watchmaking arts, a rarity prized by collectors for its mesmerizing mechanical intricacy. Displaying the flair for haute horlogerie that has defined the company from 1875 onward, Audemars Piguet demonstrates their great skill with this remarkable watch.

The Edward Piguet Tourbillon Large Date watch utilizes an exclusive manually wound movement, the Caliber 2886. Visible through the exhibition sapphire caseback, this extremely fine Audemars Piguet caliber offers a number of technical and stylistic refinements. In an age of many companies trying to shoehorn round movements into cases which have other shapes, the Caliber 2886 demonstrates the traditional dedication to Manufacture excellence---its form is created expressly for the rectangular Edward Piguet watch case. The bridges of this movement have been hand-embellished with Cotes de Geneve on their topsides, and anglage chamfering on the edges, while jewels and screws all sit within countersunk and beveled settings. In addition, all steel pieces, such as the tourbillon bridge and click spring display meticulous hand polishing and attention to the traditional details of the haute de gamme watch craft. The tourbillon device, which is outfitted with a traditional screw-adjusted balance wheel, and a Breguet overcoil hairspring, completes a single revolution each minute. A key feature of this movement is a lengthy power reserve of over 78 hours and a newly-designed large date mechanism, the largest of its kind for a form (non-round) movement.

The Audemars Piguet Edward Piguet Tourbillon Large Date watch has the stunning aesthetics to complement its technical brilliance. The stately, curved rectangular case of this timepiece is crafted from 18K pink gold or 18K white gold; its complex design displays many elegant nuances on the bezel and lugs as well as a sensual contrast between brushed and polished textures. Audemars Piguet has given this fine watch a beautiful three-dimensional silver dial with a distinctive radiant pattern in the upper section, and a flat finish around the aperture for the tourbillon; golden Roman numerals and leaf-shaped hands complete the presentation. A fine remborded crocodile strap and an 18K gold folding clasp completes this exceptional Audemars Piguet timepiece.