Audemars Piguet Launches the Full Titanium Royal Oak Minute Repeater Supersonnerie

Audemars Piguet has launched a new titanium version of the Royal Oak Minute Repeater Supersonnerie. This limited edition complication is powered by the groundbreaking in-house manual-winding caliber 2953, which holds three patents. The sophisticated and stylish smoke-gray Grande Tapisserie dial complements the titanium case. Crafted with the latest technology while respecting the traditions of traditional sonnerie watches, this watch produces a magnificent sound.

Cutting-edge technology, Caliber 2953

　The watch's superior acoustic performance, sound quality, and harmony are the result of the simultaneous development of a patented gong, case structure, and gong-striking regulator. To enhance volume, the gongs are mounted on a device that functions as a sounding board, rather than on a main plate. This improves sound transmission and volume. The regulator, which controls the pace at which the hours, quarters, and minutes are struck, has been redesigned and incorporates an innovative, flexible anchor system that absorbs shock and eliminates noise. Furthermore, the mechanism has been redesigned to eliminate the extra time between the hours and minutes when the quarter-minute strike is not required, resulting in a smoother sequence. A safety device is also incorporated to prevent the time from being adjusted while the mechanism is striking.

Understated elegance

Royal Oak
Minute Repeater Supersonnerie / 42mm

　Since its founding in 1875, Audemars Piguet has specialized in sonnerie mechanisms, producing complex grande sonnerie, petite sonnerie, and minute repeater mechanisms. More than half of the 1625 watches produced between 1882 and 1892 were equipped with sonneries. This was made possible by the exceptional talent and skill of the craftsmen in the twelve or so ateliers in the Vallée de Joux who worked for the Manufacture. While Audemars Piguet never stopped producing sonnerie pocket watches, production of sonnerie watches was limited for most of the 20th century; between 1892 and 1957, only 35 minute repeater watches were produced. By the 1960s, sonnerie mechanisms were used exclusively in pocket watches. Sonnerie watch production returned in the 1990s, and production resumed following the quartz crisis, coinciding with the resurgence of classic complications.