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SIHH 2010: Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Equation of TimeThe new Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Equation of Time is the very first AP RO in all the 38 years of the model’s history to be presented with a perpetual calendar and equation of times, the astronomical complications usually reserved for “dressier” APs.This is an interesting trend we are witnessing. Together with Officine Panerai, Audemars Piguet is the second major watchmaker to present an inherently sporty watch with astronomical complications that were always in the realm of more refined and elegant timepieces, like, say, the gorgeous Girard-Perregaux 1966 Annual Calendar and Equation of Time watch introduced exactly a year ago.Either this is a completely logical development of the mechanical species in the Darwinian sense or is just another step towards their inevitable demise (do they stuff all these complications into brutal and simple chronographs because interest in them is waning?) only time will tell.As for now, this is one of the most complicated AP Royal Oaks, which is powered by their famous AP 2120 base caliber. Claimed to be world’s thinnest automatic movement with a central rotor, the caliber is also one of the most precise when it comes to perpetual calendars and moonphases. In fact, the movement is so accurate that you will have to correct the calendar only once: on March 1, 2100. The moonphase module is also accurate enough to require only one correction in 122 years and 44 days.Wow.

Sometimes the expression of a particular watch design can often "make it or break it." Here is an example of a watch design that definitely "makes it" �C the just announced Audemars Piguet Millenary Quincy Jones Limited Edition. ?Audemars Piguet has released several different variations of the Millenary, and I think this one is by far its best. ?It is a watch unconditionally fitting of a Music Impresario such as Quincy Jones. The watch – limited to 500 pieces �C has a blackened and polished steel case with the Millenary's signature "off-center" positioning of the hours, minutes and seconds functions. The case back is engraved with Quincy Jones' signature, and also reads “Millenary Quincy Jones – Limited Edition” as a reminder of its exclusivity. The piece is comes on a black leather strap with matching "AP" folding clasp. The watch contains Audemars Piguet's in-house Caliber 3120.