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Report of the cocktail at the AP boutique in Paris
Yesterday, a cocktail was organized at the AP boutique of Paris to introduce to the french fans some of the 2010 novelties. I took the opportunity of this event to shoot the Offshore Diver and the 37mm chronograph I missed during the SIHH. I alo took more pics of the Tour de France LE.
Good news: a watchmaker from the Manufacture was present to show us some calibers.
Let's start with them.
The watchmaker came with 4 calibers.
An old pocket watch caliber, the 2120, the 2125 and the 2003.
You will notice on the pocket watch caliber the 2 openings for the keys: one to wind the watch, one to set the time.
The thinness of the 2120 is especially due to the hanging barrel which allows to reduce the caliber height.
The 2125 doesn't have the same barrel system:
The handwind 2003:
Let's see now the 3 novelties.
One of my fav novelties is the Offshore Diver. The watch is water resistant to 300m and the crown at 10 allows to rotate the inner bezel. I love its black dial, the second hand. I find it nicer than some Scuba I saw before.
The Tour de France is a LE of 60 watches. I like the way the bezel is designed and the colors used.
The 37mm chronograph. A smaller version of the chronograph powered by the Piguet 1185. The black dial is again my fav version. I don't know why but I always prefer the RO or ROO with black or dark dial !
I would like to thank a lot the team of the AP shop of Paris for the warm welcome.
Fr.Xavier
Good news: a watchmaker from the Manufacture was present to show us some calibers.
Let's start with them.
The watchmaker came with 4 calibers.
An old pocket watch caliber, the 2120, the 2125 and the 2003.
You will notice on the pocket watch caliber the 2 openings for the keys: one to wind the watch, one to set the time.
The thinness of the 2120 is especially due to the hanging barrel which allows to reduce the caliber height.
The 2125 doesn't have the same barrel system:
The handwind 2003:
Let's see now the 3 novelties.
One of my fav novelties is the Offshore Diver. The watch is water resistant to 300m and the crown at 10 allows to rotate the inner bezel. I love its black dial, the second hand. I find it nicer than some Scuba I saw before.
The Tour de France is a LE of 60 watches. I like the way the bezel is designed and the colors used.
The 37mm chronograph. A smaller version of the chronograph powered by the Piguet 1185. The black dial is again my fav version. I don't know why but I always prefer the RO or ROO with black or dark dial !
I would like to thank a lot the team of the AP shop of Paris for the warm welcome.
Fr.Xavier
The Tour Auto is looking very nice!
Another one I will have to see in the flesh.
Dynamic, sporty, yet elegant.
A nice offer.
Another tempting one is the Scuba, the first you posted.
It is also nice to see these old movements.
A pity I totally forgot to come!
Best,
Nicolas
Dynamic, sporty, yet elegant.
A nice offer.
Another tempting one is the Scuba, the first you posted.
It is also nice to see these old movements.
A pity I totally forgot to come!
Best,
Nicolas
How do you like the bezel Nico?
Aside from the new design, did you catch it is mounted incorrectly? Surely it is just a prototype, but the brushing is oriented the wrong way.
One design feature I do not understand about this watch. Why make colored rings on the continuous seconds counter and chronograph minute counter? I believe it would make more sense to color the hours and minutes for the chronograph, and leave the continuous seconds counter plain. With the red tipped center chrono seconds needle, all of the chrono timing indicators would then share red.
One design feature I do not understand about this watch. Why make colored rings on the continuous seconds counter and chronograph minute counter? I believe it would make more sense to color the hours and minutes for the chronograph, and leave the continuous seconds counter plain. With the red tipped center chrono seconds needle, all of the chrono timing indicators would then share red.
Merci, FX!
Francois,
Thank you for this nice report.
I am slowly developing an affinity towards the Diver and your pics are helping me a lot! How do you feel it wears? I am afraid of it's height. Did you find it to be too tall? Say in comparison of a 44mm Luminor? Does the strap hug your wrist comfortably?
And the Tour Auto has to be one of my favorite versions of the ROO. The grey dial and unique bezel are quite stunning!
Hope all is well.
Best regards,
Alex
Wonderful report. The Diver looks awesome.
And in person I imagine it is perfect on the wrist.
Looks like a nice evening
Was that PW caliber made by AP, or just an example of 19th C ebauches?
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Thanks for the fun photos!
I love, love, love the dive watch! So handsome! Of the APs presented this year the diver and steel skeleton RO are tops with me! The diver looks great on your wrist! 
Cheers,
Daos