Audemars Piguet

February 12, 2013 – New York, NY – For the third consecutive season, Audemars Piguet proudly participated in Michael Bastian's Fashion Weekshow.   The Fall/Winter 2013 collection presentation held at FOCUS: Café Rouge was the perfect occasion to showcase new pieces from Audemars Piguet's collection recently unveiled at including the Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph Perpetual Calendar as well as the Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph 44mm and Royal Oak Offshore Diver – for the first time both models crafted in ceramic.

Audemars Piguet Presents Michael Bastian Fall/Winter 2013 Collection

During New York Fashion Week

Michael Bastian, 2011 CFDA Menswear Designer of the Year, delivered an exquisite collection encompassing men's tailored clothing, sportswear, and accessories.  Michael Bastian's personal timepiece of choice is a classic stainless steel Royal Oak Chronograph.

The inspiration for the season was the American painter Andrew Wyeth and his dark, spare, introspective vision of Maine and New England.  The collection color palette was darker than in previous seasons and included black, olive, red, indigo with brighter hues of raincoat yellow and hunter orange for added effect.  Fabrics were rugged yet luxurious with brushed tweeds, leather, moleskin and shearling use to great effect.   

"It is our honor and privilege to work with Audemars Piguet for a third straight season in a row for our runway watches," said designer Michael Bastian.  "I have a favorite story about them that I always like to share.  Very few people know that Audemars Piguet was the first watchmaker to develop a luxury sports watch in stainless steel when to the rest of the world, luxury only meant gold, diamonds and flash.  It is this special, subtle understanding of true luxury – one that does not take the obvious route or rely on stereotypical ideas of what makes something rare and precious – that makes me admire them so much." www.michaelbastiannyc.com  

About Audemars Piguet

Audemars Piguet is the last fine watchmaking manufacturer still in the hands of its founding families (Audemars and Piguet). Since 1875, the company has written some of the finest chapters in the history of Haute Horlogerie, including a number of world firsts. In the Vallée de Joux, at the heart of the Swiss Jura, numerous masterpieces are created in limited series embodying a remarkable degree of horological perfection, including daring sporty models, classic and traditional timepieces, splendid ladies' jewellery-watches, as well as one-of-a-kind creations. www.audemarspiguet.com

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