SIHH 2015: Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept RD#1 (Updated with Live Photo)
As it did last year, Audemars Piguet presented a new Royal Oak Concept watch at the 2015 SIHH watch fair. This year’s model is truly a milestone: The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept RD#1 (formerly nicknamed “Acoustic Research”) �� which I saw, and heard, in person today �� is a unique prototype piece that is the result of an eight-year program to develop the “perfect” minute repeater sound volume.To develop the Royal Oak Concept RD#1 timepiece, Audemars Piguet partnered with the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), a Swiss organization dedicated to the study of acoustics. The result of their intensive sound research program is, according to AP, “the first chiming watch so acoustically considered as to become a sound concept in its own right.” By applying the principles of stringed instrument making to the development of the watch’s chiming mechanism, the brand has created a repeater watch with a significantly enhanced sound tr

Richard Mille trolling ;)
well guys, i will stir up some drama here who has moved from an AP to an RM?which model from AP and to which model from RM?has anyone done the opposite, from RM to AP?let the ripping commence

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