![]() ![]() If we are going to honor watches from “an emblematic collection,” let’s try not to recognize the same collection time after time. GG: I’ll confess that this is a category that leaves me a bit cold, not least because having won it upon its re-introduction in 2019 with the Royal Oak, Audemars Piguet has continued to enter this category, and somehow the jury chose to pick another Royal Oak to top the competition in 2021. Nonetheless, we will judge what is given. Whether the jury will agree is an entirely different story.ĮD: This is a terribly divisive category that tends to produce what seems like the same winners (and even contestants!) year for year. ![]() Normally that isn’t a problem but 30 percent of the watches in the category this year (two out of six models) fall under that second designation, which I find to be outside the spirit of the rules, so that is an automatic disqualification for me. Now you might notice a problem if you are a stickler for semantics: that description does not indicate whether the watch collection or model has to have been made for at least 20 years or whether it could be a new version of a watch that was made over 20 years ago. Although green ceramic previously appeared in the Royal Oak Offshore collection in 2018, this is the first time it has been used in the Royal Oak Concept.JM: So we’re still doing this are we? Well, when in Rome, as they say! The Iconic category is essentially designed to honor models with real staying power, requiring them to have had a lasting influence as a collection for more than 20 years. The green ceramic is all finished by hand with alternating satin-brushing and polished chamfers to enhance the geometrics of the design. This high-tech Royal Oak Concept Flying Tourbillon GMT comes in a 44mm sandblasted titanium case with a new dark green ceramic bezel, crown, and push-piece, as well as matching green CVD-coloured inserts, giving it a highly contemporary aesthetic. The royal Oak Concept Flying Tourbillon GMT Let’s take a look at five of the latest releases. ![]() And one of the most interesting features of this material is that it can be produced in a wide variety of colours, taking creativity to new limits of expression.Īudemars Piguet may not be the first to use ceramic, but instead of using it in the creation of sports watches, like most brands, it is using it to bring a highly contemporary touch to some of the Manufacture’s most sophisticated complications. The ceramic fabrication process is also quite different from working with metals and other materials as ceramic watch components can be pre-formed into a wide range of shapes and sizes before being baked at over 1,400oC, milled and polished. It is also strong – up to three or four times more resistant than stainless steel – and it is lighter than both steel and titanium, increasing its potential in watchmaking even more. It measures nine on the Mohrs scale, just after diamonds which have the maximum ten rating. ![]() Firstly, it is scratch-resistance thanks to its extreme hardness. Ceramic is an interesting material for watchmaking for several reasons. ![]()
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