Last night a number of guests were invited to attend a very special event unveiling Audemars Piguet’s new 2010 masterpieces at the boutique on 57th street in NYC. The event was co-hosted by AP's North American President and CEO Francois-Henry Bennahmias and Cos d' Estournel which is a fabulous St. Estephe, Bordeaux, wine producer. (TM: edited to correct typo) We were all treated to an outstanding five course meal along with presentations of the new releases.  As a watch enthusiast Audemars Piguet's new boutique on 57th street is a must see if you come to visit New York. They moved from across the street almost a year ago and I have to say that the new space is breath taking, it was very dark when we arrived so it's hard to see from the photos but trust me it’s a must see!

Some photos of the table as we sat down.....

Francois had AP's museum director, Martin Wehrli, over for the event. Martin has to be the most knowledgeable Audemars Piguet enthusiat in the world, it was a pleasure to hear him speak!

Here was Francois warming up our other gracious co-host from Cos d' Estornel......

This was one of the five wines we tried last night, all five were delicious and it seemed that each one got better than the next.........

The wine list, all were paired very nicely with our respective courses..........

The food lineup........

The courses were so good that a couple of times I had forgotten to take a photo by the time I remembered it was too late!!! At least there are two to look at!........

A little later in the night I was able to go behind the watchmaker’s bench and he allowed me to photograph a couple of the movements that he was working on. I didn't catch the watchmakers name be he was very nice. Here are some photos of a 15300 caliber that he was working on, it’s even more beautiful outside of the case.......

Here is a photo of the other movement that he was working on, it is the base chrono movement inside of a Royal Oak Chronograph......

Now to the highlights of the night, the watches! Photographing them was a little challenging as it was dark and the flash had an unusual reflection that bounced off the outer case but I did the best I could.....

This Jules Audemars skeleton tourbillon was one of my favorites...

Some Royal Oak's........

Some Millenary's.........

Here was another one of AP's highlights of the night, a rarely seen Jules Audemars Grande Complication.........

A Jules Audemars hand-wound chronometer with small seconds that I actually got to photograph outside of the case......

Here are some wrist shots of two very nice ladies models. The first is a perpetual calendar and the second is a minute repeater.......

Last but certainly not least, my personal favorite of the night. A Jules Audemars minute repeater watch with jumping hours. This watch is stunning in person as you could imagine. At 43mm's it is substantial for the type of watch it is but I really like it. The piece was actually inspired by a pocket watch made by Audemars many years ago. I'd love to own this one someday!

I hope you enjoyed all the photos, I must say that I was very impressed with all of the watches. I know most of us focus on the Royal Oak's but the Jules Audemars pieces should not be missed! I look forward to seeing many more pictures of these pieces on our wrists in the near future!

Tony

This message has been edited by TonyR on 2010-10-14 19:16:06 This message has been edited by AnthonyTsai on 2010-10-14 20:39:06

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