Monday, June 7, 2010

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Carbon Concept Tourbillon and Chronograph

Audemars Piguet is proud to introduce the Royal Oak Carbon Strategy Tourbillon and Chronograph. The ultra-light enjoy is destined to come to be the first timepiece to feature a carbon event and motion. The novelty is equipped while using superior 384-part Calibre 2895 tourbillon chronograph movements.

The Audemars Piguet specialists have opted for forged carbon to clothe the circumstance middle of the watch. Forged carbon is widely applied within the aviation industry for that production of large-sized components. Audemars Piguet is becoming the 1st corporation to have utilized the substance for making tint-sized look at elements.

The signature bezel with the Royal Oak, the pushpieces and crown are crafted in ceramics. The crown capabilities the AP initials. The ring surrounding the caseback is secured by eight exclusively created screws created from PVD blackened titanium.

The exclusive hand-wound 34-jewel Audemars Piguet Calibre 2895 combines a tourbillon, a chronograph along with a twin-barrel method to offer a 237-hour strength reserve.

Exclusive Movements
The mainplate of the watch's activity is made of carbon, even though the central bridge is developed from green eloxed aluminium. About the caseback side, there are black PVD-coated bridges. The control and coupling levers are black PVD-coated in relief and further improved with a hand-drawn metal-coloured rim.

The two power-reserve cones are clothed in an amorphous carbon coating, the same as the inserts inside the openworked zones at 6 and 12 o'clock. The unusually designed tourbillon carriage comprises over 70 elements with weight of just 0.45 grams and is treated to a two-tone black PVD and steel finish.

The dial on the Royal Oak Carbon Principle Tourbillon functions the following details:

luminescent hour-markers and white minute markers,

openworked luminescent central hour and moment hands,

a power-reserve indicator positioned at 12 o'clock,

a selection indicator at 6 o'clock,

a central chronograph sweep seconds hand,

a linear chronograph moment counter.
The timepiece is secured on the wrist having a hand-sewn alligator leather strap with substantial square scales, fitted with an AP folding titanium clasp.

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