{"id":6838,"date":"2014-01-09T14:22:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-09T13:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/preprod.gmtmag.com\/?p=6838"},"modified":"2014-01-09T14:22:00","modified_gmt":"2014-01-09T13:22:00","slug":"audemars-piguet-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/nouveaute-en-n-en\/focus-2\/audemars-piguet-30.html","title":{"rendered":"Audemars Piguet : Matter, conceptualised"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><strong>Royal Oak Concept GMT Tourbillon \u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Case\u2009:<\/strong> titanium and white ceramic, sapphire back <strong>Size:<\/strong> 44mm <strong>Movement\u2009:<\/strong> mechanical hand-wound (Calibre 2930, 237-hour power reserve), white ceramic upper bridge, tourbillon, hand-finishing <strong>Functions\u2009:<\/strong> hours, minutes, seconds, 2nd time zone, day\/night, function selector<strong> Dial\u2009:<\/strong> openworked, tourbillon bridge and inner bezel ring in blackened anodised aluminium <strong>Water resistance\u2009:<\/strong> 100m<strong> Strap\u2009:<\/strong> white rubber with titanium folding clasp <strong>Limited edition\u2009:<\/strong> one of a kind<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"contenu_article\">The Royal Oak concept watch series that was launched 12 years ago to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the first steel luxury watch continues exploring the world of materials with the titanium and white ceramic <strong>Royal Oak Concept GMT Tourbillon<\/strong>. The two-fold challenge is based on a combination of case materials that are ten times harder and longer to machine than steel, and on the complications of a Manufacture-made movement with a ten-day power reserve and featuring\u00a0 bridges now made of platinum. Other high-tech materials also make their appearance, including the ultra-light aluminium on the inner bezel ring framing the dial, which is hardened by anodisation. The 85 parts of the tourbillon carriage weighing no more than half a gram call for two weeks of hand finishing (bevelling and polishing), and three days of assembly by an experienced watchmaker. Placed symmetrically opposite the tourbillon, the dual-time display is based on two discs showing the hours from 1 to 12 on the surface, and below that whether it is day (in white) or night (in black as on this visual). The 4 o\u2019clock pusher enables quick and easy adjustment. Facing the AP logo appearing at noon, the H-N-R letters at 6 o\u2019clock indicate the crown operating\u00a0 mode\u2009: time adjustment, neutral or winding.<\/div>\n<p><\/br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Royal Oak concept watch series that was launched 12 years ago to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the first steel luxury watch continues exploring the world of materials with the titanium and white ceramic <strong>Royal Oak Concept GMT Tourbillon<\/strong>. The two-fold challenge is based on a combination of case materials that are ten times harder and longer to machine than steel, and on the complications of a Manufacture-made movement with a ten-day power reserve and featuring\u00a0 bridges now made of platinum. Other high-tech materials also make their appearance, including the ultra-light aluminium on the inner bezel ring framing the dial, which is hardened by anodisation. The 85 parts of the tourbillon carriage weighing no more than half a gram call for two weeks of hand finishing (bevelling and polishing), and three days of assembly by an experienced watchmaker. Placed symmetrically opposite the tourbillon, the dual-time display is based on two discs showing the hours from 1 to 12 on the surface, and below that whether it is day (in white) or night (in black as on this visual). The 4 o\u2019clock pusher enables quick and easy adjustment. Facing the AP logo appearing at noon, the H-N-R letters at 6 o\u2019clock indicate the crown operating\u00a0 mode\u2009: time adjustment, neutral or winding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":6835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[80],"tags":[99],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6838"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}