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Other Watchy Bits: A Brief History of the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak

In the 1970s, many Swiss brands were in financial chaos with the rise of the Quartz movement coming from Japanese manufacturers. Hence, this period in watchmaking was deemed “the quartz crisis.” Audemars Piguet realized it needed to design a watch that would put a stick in the spokes of Quartz, or it would be the end. When hearing from members of Italian markets and their … Continue reading Other Watchy Bits: A Brief History of the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak

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Off the Cuff: Audric Strider

The Strider weighs in at 42mm in diameter with a lug to lug measurement just under 48mm. Despite these slightly larger dimensions, it is a relatively slender 11.5mm thick–owing, in part, to the flat sapphire crystal. This is a multi-faceted watch with curves and angles in all the right places. While largely brushed, it has a sharp line of polish on its twelve-sided, dodecagon bezel–certainly one of the highlights in this design. Continue reading Off the Cuff: Audric Strider

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