1. Jules Audemars
Variations: Model 25996
  • Reference 25996TI.OO.D002CR.01

    Grande Complication

    Selfwinding watch with perpetual calendar indicating the day, the date, the week, the moon phases, the month and the leap years, minute repeater, split-seconds chronograph and small seconds at 9 o'clock. Titanium case, sapphire dial, black strap.

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    Details

    • Case Width 42.00 mm
    • Case Thickness 14.00 mm
    • Water Resistance None

    Specifications

    Case
    Sapphire crystal and caseback, not water-resistant
    Dial
    White indicators, blackened gold applied hour-markers and hands
    Bracelet
    Hand-stitched «large square scale» crocodile with 18-carat gold, 950 platinum or titanium AP folding clasp
    Reference
    25996TI.OO.D002CR.01
    Functions
    Minute repeater, perpetual calendar, split-seconds chronograph, week indication, hours, minutes
    Total diameter
    14 mm
    Type of balance
    Screwed balance
    Frequency of balance wheel
    2,75 (=19'800 alternances/hour) Hz
    Type of balance-spring stud-holder
    Mobile stud
    Balance-spring type
    Breguet
    Direction of automatic winding
    Unidirectional (see recommendations underneath)
    Type of oscillating weight
    Monobloc in 18-carat gold
    Number of jewels
    52
    Power reserve
    45 h
    Number of parts
    648

    specificities

    • Grande Complication movement
    • Column wheel Chronograph mechanism
    • Repeater's two gongs are both on the same plane
    • Oscillating weight with ceramic ball bearings
    • Moonphase made with Physical Vapor Deposited metal onto sapphire
    • Oscillating weight can be custom decorated upon customer's request
    • Manual finishing of the cut out parts (polished bevels, grained finishing on top and Matt "brouillé" finishing underneath)
    • Manual finishing of the bridges (curved polished bevels, satinbrushed edges, Perlage on the recesses)
    • Perpetual calendar / Date / Day / Month / Leap year / Moonphases / Number of the week
    • Split time chronograph / Seconds and split seconds counter / Minutes counter
    • Minute repeater on two gongs

    Calibre

    Calibre 2885 Manufacture

    Calibre 2885 Manufacture, front
    Front
    Calibre 2885 Manufacture, back
    Back
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Audemars Piguet History

Our Grande Complication has as many as 648 parts, all hand-assembled at a master watchmakers workbench.