Audemars Piguet

Royal flush: it’s win-win for Audemars Piguet at SIHH 2018

Audemars Piguet, one of the marquee names showing at this week’s SIHH Geneva watch fair, is on a roll. The Le Brassus brand has let fly with a barrage of launches, including more than a dozen variants on the original...

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Tough time: tech-savvy materials add intrigue to the new performance watches

The smartest of watch designers are drawing upon tech-smart, durable materials (inspired by the likes of Nasa) to keep things ticking over...

Gilt trip: the Royal Oak gets a magical Florentine finish

It was a match made in Florence. When Audemars Piguet wanted to mark the 40th anniversary of the women’s Royal Oak, they turned to Italian jewellery designer – and dedicated Royal Oak wearer – Carolina Bucci. Known for her everyday...

Sun Xun

For the 2016 Audemars Piguet Art Commission, Xun has created Reconstruction of the Universe. The piece – to be unveiled at Art Basel Miami this December – is an elaborate time-based artwork consisting of animated films projected on flat and spherical...

The Ring

Conceived by French designer Mathieu Lehanneur and installed in Shanghai’s Yuz Museum, To Break The Rules You Must First Master Them is both an exhibition and a striking architectural construction, leading the viewer on a fantastic journey through the history of...

Freeze frame: inside Sebastian Errazuriz’s Art Basel lounge for Audemars Piguet

Now in its fourth year, Art Basel Hong Kong has established itself as a firm fixture on the art fair circuit. In between cocktail parties, satellite exhibitions and high-powered art deals, navigating the boundless booths in the Hong Kong Convention...

Enter the fold: timepieces for after dark and beyond

Our first ever online watch shoot sets out the new dinner party rules and shows that truly slick evening attire displays careful horological consideration: a slim case; barely-there dial accents and supremely elegant finishes are the dress watch essentials. And, as...

Light works: Audemars Piguet reveal firefly Art Commission at Art Basel

Audemars Piguet unveiled the results of their first annual Art Commission during Art Basel earlier this month. For the inaugural project, Swiss artist Robin Meier was selected by a jury to develop a piece of work that untangled the intricate...

Designer Mathieu Lehanneur’s otherworldly set for Audemars Piguet lands in Art Basel

The Collectors’ Lounge at Art Basel has become a highly competitive space, where luxury brands - Netjets, Davidoff, Ruinart - endeavour to lure the constant stream of visiting HNWIs (high net worth individuals) to ever more elaborately decorated corners. Watch...

Art Basel Miami Beach 2013: The Florida fair steps out of the shadows of its Swiss sibling

Inflatable Swiss chalets, huge easter eggs and bare-breasted women beating resin blocks in a public park. It’s the first week of December, and once again in Miami, the art fair has come to town, with this year activities neatly bookended...

Watchmakers create exclusive pieces for Harrods at SalonQP fair

Next week we’ll be posting our report on watch fair SalonQP – which pitches up at the Saatchi Gallery in London this weekend (8–10 November) – but as Harrods has just announced an ongoing partnership with the event, we wanted...