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Audemars Piguet Millenary Carbon One Tourbillon

        Headquartered in Switzerland, in Vallée de Joux region, Audemars Piguet was created in 1875 by two enthusiast watchmakers of only 23 respectively 21-years, Jules-Louis Audemars and Edward-Auguste Piguet, who initiated a long heirloom of master watchmakers dedicated to creating remarkable timepieces of immaculate performance and sublime aesthetics which fatefully follow the brand’s centenary life-guiding principles and watch making tradition.

        Through the years, the brand’s specialists never ceased to create amazing timepieces which accommodate cutting-edge technologies, such as the highly exclusive edition of 120 collectable items of the Millenary Carbon One Tourbillon Chronograph, an eye-catching wristwatch which emanates classy sophistication and elegance.

        This prestigious brand always found a powerful muse of inspiration in the adrenalin-inflicting dynamic world of Formula 1 racing circuits, and the new Audemars Piguet Millenary Carbon One Tourbillon Chronograph watch draws its inspiration in the fascinating ultra-light mechanisms which animate high-performance racers.

         The timepiece ingeniously combines a three-dimensional design with a sophisticated Audemars Piguet patented, highly innovative mechanism- the Audemars Piguet Calibre 2884 a hand-wound movement that provides tourbillon, a 10-days power reserve and a chronograph complication.

         The Millenary Carbon One Tourbillon Chronograph watch features an intricate open-work dial which creates a multi-leveled parts display, revealing the caliber and playing on the aesthetical effect of symmetries between the chronograph’s barrels and bridges.

        The timepiece was manufactured from high-tech materials that inspired a fresh, highly contemporary reinterpretation of the watch’s shapes and component elements. The timepiece features a modern matt black case sculpted in an extremely resistant and light forged carbon especially created by the brand’s specialists, moreover the case was coupled with a ceramic satin-polished bezel which confers the watch a distinguished look.

         The new Audemars Piguet Millenary Carbon One watch also features a sporty and high-tech dial which provides a sublime time-legibility and is furthermore fitted with vibrant red and white accents inspired by the racing car’s dashboard, as well as an offset grid placed at the 3 o’clock counter which has also been inspired by a car’s ventilation ducts. A real thrill for the watch enthusiasts who share a deep passion for the amazing world of Formula 1, this masterpiece will probably be a delicacy of the SIHH 2010.

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