Audemars Piguet - History, Models and Owners' Reviews

I bought this watch - reference 15300 - in 2016 to celebrate an important moment in my personal life. It was an eternity ago now as the watch market has evolved towards speculation. At that time the choice for this model was not so obvious given its high price (very relative compared to current prices) and the few watches manufactured. Was it already a legendary model? I am not so sure. This watch symbolizes risk-taking in terms of design, whether it is watchmaking or not. It sparkles with a thousand facets and presents with its open case back a view of an Audemars Piguet manufacture movement reference 3120 with very neat finishes... in any case more neat than most - if not all - of the other watches in my collection. Is this the most important watch in my collection? If we look at the range, we are clearly in the Haute Horlogerie segment... even though everyone can put what they want into it. From an emotional point of view, it is undoubtedly a very important watch but ultimately no more than the one I had when I was 30 or 40, for example. From a heritage point of view, it is by far the most important because it is valued at stratospheric prices. The moral is that it is a watch that I rarely wear and that spends most of its time in the safe, hidden from view. It is sad but it is only a matter of time before reason takes over so that I can enjoy it more often.

She is sublime. Even without a name, she is beautiful. Beautiful like a woman or a beautiful car. It is an inexplicable and reasonless feeling. Her shapes are perfect. Her size of 39 mm is also very masculine. She has a white background, which goes very well with the date window on this range. Watch that runs at 21600 and is rather precise despite no intervention since its purchase.

Goldy! That's the nickname I gave this Royal Oak Offshore chrono. I was smitten by my Panerai and discovered that beastly gold watches fit me perfectly! I think... Nice presence on the wrist, quite rare in my circle anyway. It's a fantastically designed model, combining some of the historic lines of the Royal Oak with added virility and interesting technological features with the ceramic - I think it's ceramic - with the black bezel. This is a more versatile watch than my Panerai Submersible, as it wears smaller given its relatively small dial. The price is quite high, but it's safe from the speculation of AP's more sought-after models. Rather a good thing, even if I didn't buy it as an investment! My only disappointment is the weak power reserve, not up to the level expected of a brand like Audemars Piguet!