For true watch rs – those who follow every unveiling and await each new innovation – it’s Show Time! The 2013 Show Season is upon us and begins exactly one…
Considered one of the “Holy Grail” watch brands, Swiss brand Audemars Piguet is a large privately owned company with its own Foundation. This autonomy enables the brand to consistently push the envelop in terms of research and development. Among its key collections are the Audemrs Piguet Code 11:59, the legendary Royal Oak series that was first designed by the famed Gerald Genta, the extended series called the Royal Oak Offshore and more.
Audemars Piguet’s Brand Ambassador Leo Messi Wins Big
This year started well for Audemars Piguet’s brand ambassador and soccer superstar Leo Messi, who won his fourth consecutive Ballon d’Or award. This is a voted award (by soccer journalists,…
Watch Education: What Exactly is a Chronograph
Chronograph watches — we write about them all the time. Lately, though, with the holidays on us and some watch rs loing to buy watches as gifts, we had a…
Watch Education: Understanding the use of Rubies in Movements
We have gotten a lot of questions from readers about rubies used inside watch movements, so we thought it was high-time to address the issue. Essentially, when a mechanical…
Watch Education: Understanding the Difference between Automatic and Hand-Wind Watches
Recently, we here at ATimelyPerspective received an e from one of our newer readers – someone really interested in learning about watches from the ground up. It got us to…
A Moment in Time: Octavio Garcia Brings Audemars Piguet Full Circle
Born and raised in the South Side of Chicago, Octavio Garcia is one of Switzerland’s foremost watch designers today. In fact, the 43-year-old designer holds the position of Chief Artistic…
Around the World: Audemars Piguet Celebrates Premiere of Royal Oak Exhibition
Last night, I had the distinct pleasure of joining Audemars Piguet in New York at the Park Avenue Armory as the brand celebrated the premiere of an exhibition of 4…
A Moment in Time: Abbas – a Man of 1,000 watches
The one thing I have learned through my many interviews with watch collectors around the world is that there is no set number of watches one los to collect. It’s…
A Moment in Time: LeBron James
Easily one of the greatest athletes of his generation, NBA star and celebrated two-time NBA MVP player LeBron James has joined the elite corps of global ambassadors for Audemars Piguet.…
Around the World: Audemars Piguet Turns up the Heat, Brings on Lebron James as Global Ambassador
Just as Audemars Piguet barely closed the bo on the decade-long relationship with Arnold Schwarzenegger and introduced The Legacy this year, the final watch in a seven-series success story, this…
A Moment in Time: Baseball’s Randy Johnson
In Boca Raton, Fl, for the opening of the first Ulysse Nardin USA boutique, future hall of famer baseball player–and watch collector—Randy Johnson made an appearance and talked with us…
Around the World: Beijing
So where are the multitudes of watch collectors of the future really coming from? While the US has a good number of watch collectors and connoisseurs, as does Europe, Switzerland,…
A Moment in Time: Renaud & Papi’s Giulio Papi
It was in the quartz rage era – the crisis of the mechanical watch – that the young Giulio Papi announced to his father that he wanted to be a…
Around the World: A Look Inside Audemars Piguet, Le Brassus
Internationally renowned for its legendary status as a creator of some of the most complex timepieces in the world, Audemars Piguet owns its own factories in Le Brassus, Switzerland, and …
Around the World: Audemars Piguet’s Hydroptere Sponsorship
I had the extreme pleasure recently of joining Audemars Piguet in St. Tropez – to go sailing with the brand on its newest venture – L’Hydropte’re. Those of us who…