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Down vintage lane...
Super happy to recently add my first "Neo vintage" piece to my collection - the Jules Audemars Skeleton Jump Hour Minute Repeater.
I will post more details later, but I've been looking at getting an AP minute repeater recently, but the number of options which have the hammers and gongs visible are incredibly limited in the modern era. In addition, while I appreciate the absolute simplicity of the time only MR's, I need a little more complexity and visual stimulation to support my short attention span.
This piece was quite extraordinary and ticked many boxes - skeletons, jump hour minute repeater - but there was one added function that I didn't know about - and will save for the future review.
Thanks to the help of AP colleagues, I was able to get this piece!! Super happy to share with all of you and look forward to joining the Neo vintage club 
Cheers
Peter
Down vintage lane...
Super happy to recently add my first "Neo vintage" piece to my collection - the Jules Audemars Skeleton Jump Hour Minute Repeater. I will post more details later, but I've been looking at getting an AP minute repeater recently, but the number of options w...
hacking seconds?
the time part can also be classed as a regulator as the hours minutes and seconds are on separate subdials
Great point!
Actually you just added another special characteristic - the regulator. Great feedback! The seconds do not hack. But there is another one, I promise! Cheers Peter
It fits very well!
I don't have either a jumping hour or minute repeater so it's fills some key gaps. Thanks for the note!
Thank you so much!!
Looking forward to sharing more! I understand there are only 20 ish made so it was a bit of luck to find one with full service! Cheers Peter
Huge congratulations, Peter!
This is a wonderful Jules Audemars, a line which deserves so much more attention than it gets. Enjoy this little grail. Best, Emmanuel
Thank you totally agree!!
This is definitely elevating my expectations for Grails, as well as a benchmark for future new models. Will Be hard to go backwards after this!! Peter
WOW! Huge congrats! How does it sound?
AP has the richest history when it comes to minute repeaters. Still, one of the few brands that has made carillons (more than two gong watches) in the past 25 years.
It's crisp, warm, and austere...
While I assumed platinum would be less conducive as a material, the sound is still incredibly pleasant and has a very deep and masculine character to it. Given that there are no luminous markers it will be great next to me especially in the dark - loud en...
A Minute Repeater by virtue should avoid luminous markers!
Since the original concept of minute repeaters was for night policemen to be able to tell time late at night when there was no moon (village clock doesn't ring its bells at night, so villagers can sleep, and not every village had gas lamps yet) - and for ...
Great points!!!
And thank you so much for the feedback! Really appreciate it - actually you did make a good point on eyesight - at least I now do not need to rely on reading glasses to read my watch I should share a photo of the back as well - just getting lost in all of...
Marvelous indeed...
There's something really romantic and voluptuous about the architecture and finishing of the bridges. Cheers Peter
Baby got back
Agree a lot - I think the front reminds me a little when you enter La Sagrada Família - organically angled pillars with equivalent fine beveling and finishing as in the back. Blued hands, and that font!!! Peter
Yes! It's a total OMG moment for me...
Hard to wear anything else now. Now I can engage my ears in addition to my eyes to enjoy time. Cheers Peter
Huge congratulations. What a beautiful and wonderful AP .
I hope to add a Repeater to in the near future 🙏🏻 something high on my wishlist.
Thanks! A repeater is such a grail piece!
In my process I was keen to get something with more modern with more reliable mechanics whilst identifying something that was aesthetically pleasing to the eye and ear. I've heard service for these pieces are very high and take a long time, so I was keen ...
ref 26151pt -the opaline dial version in platinum calibre 2907
for those who do not like the skeletonised dial and my favourite ...
Ahhh! Yes saw the RG version in my search!
It has a really subtle yet luxurious dial with these beautiful raised numerals. Hard to see in photos but extraordinary to see in person! Peter ...
And the secret function....
Is hidden in this small button next to the winder. I had originally assumed it was to advance the jump hour, but it actually is to advance the Minute Repeater by one hour - which allows you to run a second time! So a bit of a harmonic GMT function - and y...
Goodness gracious, how in the world did I miss this post?
Peter, I could not be happier to see this new acquisition in your collection! You have so many incredible Royal Oaks and Offshores and some Codes, but to add this piece is really a phenomenal pickup for you. I'm excited to see it posted more in the future...
Thanks MichaelC
While my wife entered into the world of vintage AP before me with her 33mm RO QP, I'm happy to jump in with this superlative timepiece which was introduced around the same time as many of the best offshores in AP's history. I guess at that time I was so d...