25558BA Audemars Piguet Quantième Perpétuel Openwork

25558BA-Audemars-Piguet-Quantième-Perpétuel-Openwork

Many ask what the ultimate 90s QP really is. Many will say a Beyer or Saatchi 3940. The VC equivalent of ultra-desirable, low volume is the 43032 Skeleton, preferably with blue subdials. The Audemars Piguet equivalent is this. Audemars Piguet saved complicated mechanical watchmaking in 1978 with the reference 5548. This is the 25558, the…

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25558BA Audemars Piguet Quantième Perpétuel Openwork

25558BA-Audemars-Piguet-Quantième-Perpétuel-Openwork

Despite the fact that they’ve almost entirely forgotten about it in favor of things like Spider-Man Royal Oaks, strange permutations of the Code 11.59 that nobody asked for, and stroking John Mayer’s ego, Audemars Piguet saved complicated mechanical watchmaking in 1978 with the reference 5548. This is the 25558, the first openwork (skeletonized) model of…

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