MichaelC[AP Moderator]
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I read you loud and clear ik2000.
Jan 26, 2015,14:25 PM
This subject has been considered for many years. Of course, in some ways, this is a good problem for AP, and in others, certainly not.
I firmly believe you could take away both RO lines and Audemars Piguet could still thrive. But it certainly would be a very different company at this point, and how do you go back?
I have owned Jules Audemars and Millenary pieces. I love them. Nowadays, so many of the "great" models house high complications. With the Millenary line, we saw a major development a few years back with the 4101. And it sounds like we might see a similar breakthrough with the Jules Audemars line. I definitely hope so, and in the mean time, there are still many current models I would thoroughly enjoy adding if I could afford them.
As far as the Royal Oak, I must tell you, I have recently come to the conclusion it is the greatest single watch design ever. I am a designer and builder by day; I have always felt the architectural lines of the Royal Oak have a special appeal to me. The 15202 Royal Oak Extra Thin is really the watch that pushed me over the edge to reach this conclusion. It is as perfect as a modern watch gets. I also wear a 39mm Royal oak Chronograph. The slightly thicker dimensions create their own marvel and I can never stop admiring it.
So as much as I agree and hope to see AP push the other collections which I find quite attractive, I would not want to live without my octagons.
BTW, one reason the new JA Toubillon Chronograph might have flown a little under the radar is a similar version was released a few years ago, in platinum with a "Tuscany blue" dial color. Hard to decide between it and the new white gold black dial, but I think I prefer the older one: