Audemars Piguet Celebrates 150 Years of Luxury Watches with Masterful Miniaturisation and Rare Stone Dials

In a bold yet refined tribute to its 150-year legacy, Audemars Piguet introduces a pair of mechanical marvels for the discerning collector: newly downsized 38 mm perpetual calendars and a trio of natural-stone tourbillons that bring the poetry of nature into the heart of fine horology.

This anniversary launch signals more than commemoration. It is a strategic evolution designed for the world’s most demanding connoisseurs — those who view luxury watches not as symbols, but as lifelong companions.

Perpetual Calendars: Sculpting Complication into Elegance

Audemars Piguet debuts Calibre 7136, a self-winding perpetual calendar movement engineered with remarkable finesse at just 4.1 mm thick. This movement, together with 2025’s Calibre 7138, enables all calendar functions — day, date, month, leap year, and moon phase — to be adjusted via the crown alone. No pin-pushers. No interruptions. Just pure, fluid ergonomics.

Housed in 38 mm cases across both the Royal Oak and Code 11.59 lines, the new QPs are crafted for those who value complexity tamed by design. Legibility, symmetry, and intuitiveness take center stage, proving that performance need not compromise elegance.

Available in steel and 18k pink gold, the Royal Oak models maintain their iconic silhouette while integrating this contemporary movement. The Code 11.59 edition, meanwhile, pairs pink gold with an embossed green dial developed with guilloché master Yann Von Kaenel — a textural composition that dances with light.

For UHNWIs, these timepieces offer more than engineering; they are wearable art, thoughtfully reimagined for everyday sophistication.

Tourbillons with Stone Dials: Nature Meets the Machine

While the perpetual calendars speak of logic and practicality, the second release from Audemars Piguet’s September showcase indulges in pure sensory pleasure.

Three new Code 11.59 Selfwinding Flying Tourbillon models, limited to 150 pieces each, feature dials made from ruby root, sodalite, and malachite. Each natural material is wafer-thin, polished, and unique, elevating the watch from an accessory to a collector’s canvas. The corresponding 18k gold cases — white, pink, and yellow — echo and enhance the hue of each stone.

Underneath, the ultra-thin Calibre 2968, a marvel just 3.4 mm thick, ensures that form never sacrifices function. Originally developed for sub-41 mm cases, this flying tourbillon movement is visible at 6 o’clock and supported only from below, creating an unobstructed view framed by rare minerals.

With prices starting at CHF 140,000, these watches are as exclusive as they are technically remarkable — reflecting a convergence of performance, provenance, and poetic aesthetics.

Why It Matters to the One Percent

This latest move from Audemars Piguet resonates deeply with the world’s wealthiest collectors. According to Bain & Company and Altagamma, over 330 million new luxury consumers are expected within five years, and the segment of Ultra High Net Worth Individuals continues to expand — particularly in markets such as the United States, the UAE, and Southeast Asia.

As the appetite for luxury watches among UHNWIs intensifies, collectors seek not only rarity but emotional connection, design logic, and wearability. Audemars Piguet’s anniversary collection aligns precisely with that sentiment. These are not museum pieces. They are heirlooms for a modern lifestyle — balancing innovation with intimacy, and power with poetry.

For those accustomed to excellence, this release is not merely a nod to the past — it’s a quiet signal of where the future of high watchmaking is heading: smaller, smarter, and deeply personal.