openworking the movement parts to let the light through. So has the dial simply been pierced in order to reveal part of the mechanism? Not exactly, and nor was it just a matter of making openings in the mainplate so as to see through it. In any case, one thing is for sure: the watchmakers from Le Brassus have accomplished the feat of putting an object on your wrist that is more movement than watch. They are thereby fulfilling the dream of all watchmaking devotees: extracting the fine mechanism from the cavity of its case to reveal it in all its splendour. This means there is no longer any need to turn the watch over to admire the movement through a sapphire crystal caseback, because the movement of the Millenary 4101 has actually been built to show itself face upwards. An intriguing notion that is sure to satisfy the curiosity of the most discerning aesthetes and connoisseurs! This fascinating spectacle is staged within the perimeter of a shaped case – and not just any case, but the voluptuous and sophisticated oval that makes the Millenary collection so truly unique. www.audemarspiguet.com MILLENARY 4101
References • 15350ST.OO.D002CR.01 Stainless steel case
• 15350OR.OO.D093CR.01777 18-carat pink gold case
Movement • Proprietary selfwinding Calibre 4101
• Overall dimensions: (width/length: 37.25 x 32.90 mm)
• Casing diameter (width/length: 36.75 x 32 mm)
• Thickness: 7.46 mm • 34 jewels • 253 parts
• Bidirectional winding 22-carat gold oscillating weight mounted on ceramic ball bearings
• 60-hour power reserve
• Cadence of the balance: 28,800 vibrations per hour (4 Hz)
• Variable-inertia balance with eight inertia-blocks and Breguet overcoil balance-spring
• Screw-down mobile balance-spring stud-holder
• Finishing: all parts decorated by hand; mainplate adorned with horizontal Côtes de Genève on the front and circular-grained on the back; bridges rhodiumed, bevelled, snailed and adorned with horizontal and circular Côtes de Genève and with circular graining: Diamond-polished jewel sinks; diamond-polished countersinks and bevelled wheel spokes; bevelled screw rims and slots.
• AP monogram as well as Audemars and Piguet family crests engraved on the oscillating weight
Cases • Stainless steel or 18-carat pink gold
• Dimensions (width/length: 47 x 42 mm)
• Thickness: 13 mm
• Sapphire crystal caseback
• Water resistance: 20 m
Dials • Directly fixed to the bridges
• Black and anthracite with applied pink gold Roman numerals
• Pink gold hands
Straps • Hand-sewn black or brown crocodile leather with large square scales, secured by an AP folding clasp in stainless steel or 18-carat pink gold
Functions • Hours and minutes • Small seconds
