Audemars Piguet Code 11.59 26393OR.OO.A002KB.02 Rose Gold Smoked Lacquered Purple Dial (2020)

Description

The Audemars Piguet Code 11.59 marked a watershed moment for Audemars Piguet when it debuted in 2019 — the manufacture’s first entirely new collection in decades, conceived as a bold modernist statement that would stand apart from the Royal Oak’s enduring shadow. Its defining architecture is immediately recognizable: an octagonal middle case suspended between a round bezel and caseback, paired with openworked lugs and a double-curved sapphire crystal of remarkable complexity to produce. This rose gold chronograph, dressed in a smoked purple lacquered dial, represents one of the more expressive color executions of the line, appealing to collectors drawn to AP’s contemporary design language and its first in-house integrated chronograph movement.

The 41mm case in 18-karat pink gold measures 12.6mm thick. The smoked lacquered purple dial with sunray finish carries 18-karat pink gold applied hour markers, a single “12” numeral, and three counters — a thirty-minute register at nine, twelve-hour counter at three, and small seconds at six — with a date aperture at four-thirty and a black tachymeter inner bezel. The self-winding Caliber 4401, AP’s first integrated chronograph with flyback function, column wheel, and vertical clutch, and delivers a 70-hour power reserve.

*This timepiece comes on a leather strap.