Swiss watchmaking titan Audemars Piguet is bringing its legacy of wonderful craftsmanship to Singapore in what guarantees to be an immersive public exhibition titled Audemars Piguet: Views on Time. Working from 10 to 13 September 2026 at The Gallery Theatre within the Nationwide Museum of Singapore, the showcase invitations seasoned collectors and newcomers alike to discover the Manufacture’s craftsmanship, historical past, and technical innovation.
Conceived particularly for Singapore, the exhibition gathers uncommon historic timepieces from the Audemars Piguet Museum in Le Brassus, Switzerland, a number of of that are being displayed for the very first time, alongside up to date creations throughout 4 themed chapters.
Left to Proper: Audemars Piguet’s Royal Oak (1972), Grande Complication (1987) & Coin Watch Extremely-thin (1991). Pictures courtesy of Audemars Piguet.
The journey begins with Trying Again and Past, which seeks to search out that means in Audemars Piguet’s historical past. The scene opens with the Manufacture’s 1875 roots within the Vallée de Joux, the place founders Jules Louis Audemars and Edward Auguste Piguet joined forces. Key reveals embrace the unique Collection A 1972 Royal Oak designed by Gérald Genta, which challenged trade conventions and but immediately provides the very definition of the sports activities class wristwatch; the 1987 Grande Complication pocket watch, which demonstrated the Manufacture’s dedication to sophisticated watches within the period of quartz watches; and the whimsical 1991 Coin Watch, that includes an ultra-thin motion hid inside a real 1904 US$20 gold coin.
In Guided by the Cosmos, the main focus shifts to astronomical timekeeping impressed by the evening skies over the Jura Mountains – the identical firmament that looms above the Manufacture in fact. Timekeeping had an in depth relationship with heavenly our bodies, and it nonetheless does. The star attraction of the room, no pun supposed, and the exhibition’s crown jewel, is the 1921 “Grosse Pièce”. This pocket watch occurs to have the honour of being probably the most sophisticated watch of any type that Audemars Piguet made within the 20th century. It homes 19 issues, together with a perpetual calendar, a tourbillon, and a celestial dial depicting the London evening sky with 315 stars. After spending many years in non-public collections, this traditionally vital watch was acquired by Audemars Piguet at Sotheby’s New York in December 2025 for US$7,736,000 throughout the model’s a hundred and fiftieth anniversary yr.
The third chapter, The Magnificence Inside, highlights the artwork of openworking, the place watchmakers meticulously skeletonise motion parts to realize placing visible depth, with out compromising structural integrity. The timekeeping devices right here span centuries, from earlier than Audemars Piguet’s founding even. That is epitomised by a circa 1770 gem-set pocket watch signed Lépine Paris, which is demonstration of the artwork of classical baroque openworking. The story strikes on to a 1976 hand-engraved openworked wristwatch, that includes the seminal ultra-thin Calibre 2120SQ, and closes out within the architectural stylings of 21st century openworked wristwatches, just like the Royal Oak Tourbillon Chronograph of 2017.
Lastly, Giving Time a Voice explores the acoustic realm of chiming mechanisms. Guests can admire milestones reminiscent of a circa 1895 Grande Sonnerie pocket watch that chimes the hours and quarters routinely like a pocket clock tower, in addition to the 1921 creation for a Tiffany & Co. govt, which measured a mere 15.8 mm in diameter because the smallest five-minute repeater of its period. Fittingly, the ultimate piece here’s a 20th century expression of the Grand Sonnerie, the 1996 wristwatch mannequin 25750.
Left to Proper: Grande Sonnerie(Circa 1895), The World’s Smallest 5-Minute Repeater (1921) and Grand Sonnerie (1996). Pictures courtesy of Audemars Piguet.
Audemars Piguet: Views on Time runs every day till 13 September 2026 from 10:30am to six:00pm in 30-minute periods. Admission is free, although advance registration is strongly inspired on account of restricted capability; walk-ins might be admitted topic to availability.
Advance registrations will be made right here: bit.ly/ap-perspectivesontime
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