golden hands
454
'secret button' by the crown
it allows the MR to be advanced 1 hour a time, so you can run home time or local time.
A stunning Jump Hour Minute Repeater
Since I've been focusing on Minute Repeaters yesterday (Patek's 7047G and Gérald Genta's ref. EBFE01A1 ), here's another one from Audemars Piguet , which I like a lot. This is the Jules Audemars “ Répétition Minutes Heures Sautantes ” (Jumping Hours Minut...
I see perfection with these.
The dial, hands, movement, size are all so good. I’d be happy with it in either metal with a slight preference to platinum. Thanks for the post!
Like you, Steve, I find this reference quite remarkable.
I’m glad you like it too and I understand your preference for platinum. Best, Emmanuel
One of the most elegant AP minute repeaters...
What surprised me most seeing this in person was the depth and texture of the dial - the numerals were quite raised and three dimensional, and the dial itself had a rich frosting effect - both which can only be appreciated in person. On top of that - what...
Thank you so much, Peter, for sharing your experience and this photo of your try on.
I agree with you that this hand-wound minute repeater movement is absolutely wonderful and I also think that this is one of AP's most elegant MRs. The version you have tried on has a "non-guilloché" dial: it seems to be very attractive too, but I might ha...
I remember it well.
Some wonderful attributes on this design and execution. Thanks for the refresher!
Yes, very nice version for those who like openwork dials.
I personally don’t like them. The solid guilloche dial speaks to me much more. Best, Emmanuel PS: the MR is activated by the slider, no secret button here as far as I know.
'secret button' by the crown
it allows the MR to be advanced 1 hour a time, so you can run home time or local time. ...