Watch Review| Millenary Carbon One

Audemars Piguet is known to many as one of the top three watch maker along with Patek Philippe and Vacheron Constantin , in 2010 the company release a new collection on their Millenary line the Carbon one Tourbillon Chronograph , over the years , the Millenary collection has come to its own and many have come to recognize the significance and beauty of the Millenary timepiece

Designed with motor sports in mind, the Carbon One has a completely 100% in house creation movement ,the Calibre 2884 , equipped with a tourbillon chronograph and a 10 days power reserve ,all encased in the oval shaped of the Millenary timepiece that is limited to 120 pieces only .

The Carbon One features an open worked dial which clearly shows the multiple displays of the watch with its many parts layered on various levels. Blackened steel is used for the bridges on the underside and carbon for the mainplate . Black high tech materials are also used for the Carbon One’s exterior such as the case made of forged carbon, an ultra light and resistant material exclusively develop by the manufacture.

A sporty watch , the Millenary Carbon One is design for connoisseurs of haute Horlogerie with a taste for fine mechanical engineering but who also has the need of elegance as well as predilection for cutting edge design.


Millenary Carbon One Tourbillon Chronograph (Ref . 26152AU.00.D002CR.01)

Movement:

manually wound Calibre 2884 ; tourbillion and twin barrel ; up to 240 hour power reserve(10 days) ; 21600 vph, 30 jewels ; 336 parts ; all parts decorated by hand ; carbon mainplate ; bridges in eloxed aluminium and blackened steel.

Functions:

hour, minutes ;chronograph ;power reserve indicator.

Case:

forged carbon with black ceramic bezel crown and pushbutton , 47x42mm ; cambered antireflective sapphire crystal ; titanium caseback fitted with sapphire crystal ; water resistance to 20 meters.

Dial:

openworked to reveal the movement ; white hour markers with luminescent coating ; blackened luminescent hands.

Strap:

large-square –scaled hand sewn crocodile leather ; blackened titanium Audemars Piguet folding clasp.

Suggested Price:

$268,100