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- March 7, 2012
- Experts & Artisans
PERLAGE: IN SEARCH OF GRANDEUR
Once considered mere background decoration, this technique has been promoted to the face of the Millenary caliber 4101.
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- August 29, 2011
- Experts & Artisans
Spiralage, the heart of time
Audemars Piguet still makes this element by hand for extra-flat watches using purely classic methods. A presentation with Erika Meyer, a guardian of this traditional know-how in danger of becoming extinct.
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- March 28, 2011
- Stories
The engraver, an artist-artisan
From the case to the movements, engraving is one of the decorative techniques that form the soul of a luxury watch. It’s a savoir-faire that has been passed down from generation to generation.
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- March 24, 2011
- Stories
Managing the “body” of a watch
Among the sixty watchmaking occupations, the “constructeur habillage” (external parts designer) is central to the development of Audemars Piguet watches. A spotlight on the profession.
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- January 17, 2011
- Models
21st century pocket watches
In a small workshop nestled under the roof of the Audemars Piguet Museum, Jean-Charles Bratschi makes old-fashioned pocket watches. It takes him almost a year to build these exceptional timepieces that are highly prized by collectors.
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- January 22, 2010
- Stories
The timekeeper
The Audemars Piguet repair workshop restores timepieces that are over a hundred years old. Francisco Pasandin, head of the workshop, is the self-appointed guardian of a disappearing brand of watchmaking expertise.
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- October 25, 2010
- Stories
Portrait of a master of complications
Only a handful of master watchmakers are capable of making Audemars Piguet’s grand complications. Age is not a determining factor; the team includes 33-year-old Joëlle Farine.
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