Audemars Piguet, like Patek Philippe, is still one of the few independent watchmaking brands to this day, and Audemars Piguet is the result of a combination of the names of its founders, Jules-Louis Audemars and Edward-Auguste Piguet. Founded in 1875, Audemars was able to produce perpetual calendar pocket watches in 1882, and in 1889, at the 10th Universal Watch Exhibition in Paris, Audemars Piguet Grande Complication pocket watches were exhibited, equipped with minute repeaters, two-hand timers and a perpetual calendar function, thus establishing its position as a manufacturer of high-end complication watches. In 1892, Audemars Piguet introduced the first minute repeater in the history of horology. In 1955, the world's first perpetual calendar watch series with a leap year display was produced.
 
Audemars Piguet was one of the few watchmakers to survive the quartz crisis of the 70s, and not only that, but also launched the Royal Oak series in 1972, creating a precedent for high-end sports watches in stainless steel, and then the "Nautilus", "Across the Seas", and the "Ingenieur Series" of all countries are all rising stars. Royal Oak is Audemars Piguet's top card, that's true, but it's not right to think that Audemars Piguet only has Royal Oak. Since the thirties, Audemars Piguet has been adept at skeleton technology, and in the eighties, when mechanical watches were in decline, Audemars Piguet still used the best watchmakers to make skeleton watches. And in the field of minute repeaters, Audemars Piguet has a master tuner who is also among the best in the industry, and its sound is crisp, long and rich, showing the strength of the century-old Manufacture.
 
爱彼的背后，是Audemars Piguet Renaud & Papi（APRP），这里不仅是爱彼高复杂机芯的研发中心，同时也是Switzerland多个高级品牌高复杂wristwatch的设计中心，而朗格的复兴，Giulio Papi在其中也起到了重要的作用。被表迷称为“制表之神”的独立制表人菲利普·杜佛，在独立制表之前，只给爱彼打过工，而且成名作大小自鸣也是在爱彼工厂制作的。
 
Audemars Piguet launched the "Tradition of Excellence" series in 1999, each of which is a masterpiece of complex craftsmanship, known as the "Eight Heavenly Kings", each limited to 20 pieces, all with platinum cases, the first and second are "Jule Audemars", the third is "Edward Piguet", and now this series has fallen silent, the fourth is the Royal Oak, the fifth is the Millennium series, and after 2006, the "Eight Heavenly Kings" The series stopped updating, and it is not known when it will be restarted.
 
When it comes to royal oaks, it can be said that people who know a little bit about watches know about royal oaks. Compared to the Nautilus, which needs to give preference to steel, Royal Oak can handle almost all precious metal materials very well. In the 60s, stainless steel was already widely used in watches, and although it was resistant to corrosion, it was very low, and the appearance of the Royal Oak raised the price of stainless steel to the status of a precious metal, not so much a victory for stainless steel as a success for the Royal Oak design. From the launch of the first model in 1972, the hexagonal screw-fastened octagonal case and the tapering link strap became the hallmark of Royal Oak. The entry recommendation is 15300 and 15400, the diameter of 15300 is 39mm, the public price of stainless steel is 117,000 yuan, and the price of 15400 is 41mm, the public price of stainless steel is 133,000 yuan, and the 18K rose gold style is 378,000 yuan. At SIHH 2017, Audemars Piguet unveiled a frosted gold royal oak with a rose gold case, a silver dial, engraved with "Grande Tapisserie" large check decoration, with rose gold luminescent applied indexes and royal oak hands, the public price is 385,000 yuan, you can book the "Best Royal Oak 2017" in advance.
 
There is also a royal oak offshore type in the royal oak group, the overall design style is more flamboyant than the royal oak, the size of the royal oak is up to 41mm, and the offshore type starts directly from 42mm, the waterproof function is stronger, even the tourbillon chronograph has a water resistance of 100 meters, and the materials and colors used are also richer. In 2017, SIHH launched several offshore models, using eye-catching fluorescent colors on the strap and dial, more sporty, two buttons at three o'clock and ten o'clock respectively, the 3120 movement of the large three hands plus the date is very simple, waterproof depth of 300 meters, the public price is only 149,000 yuan.