The new Code 11.59 Star Wheel pairs a classically inspired complication with a contemporary look and feel.
Said complication made its way, by the end of the 17th century, into pocket watches; by then, these smaller timepieces included fully graduated minute scales, allowing for more accurate timekeeping. Sophisticated and requiring great skill to manufacture, they were sometimes offered as gifts to important persons, dignitaries, and visitors.
Roughly 30 “Star Wheel” timepieces were produced by the maison between 1991 and 2003. Housed within various collections, they ran the gamut aesthetically between the classical and the avant garde, but each featured an arc-shaped time aperture and wandering hours system. Beloved by collectors, the Star Wheel disappeared from the AP catalog nearly 20 years ago. What better way to introduce this beloved complication—and AP’s unique take on it—than within the Code 11.
The new Star Wheel — reference 15212NB.OO.A002KB.01, for those keeping track — not only gives the 17th-century complication a fresh lease on life, but does so in a contemporary, thoroughly cool way, pairing it with a gorgeous aventurine dial housed in a white gold Code 11.59 case.
The black and white touches—contrasted with the sparkling blue of the aventurine dial—are thoughtfully accented by the ceramic crown and mid-case, as well as a textured black rubber-coated strap with a pin buckle engraved with the Audemars Piguet logo. Powering the Star wheel is the automatic Calibre 4310.
At $57,900, the Star Wheel is priced roughly in concert with the Code 11.59 Self-Winding Chronograph in various precious metals, and well under the various tourbillon, perpetual calendar, and minute repeater models. Like those other complications, it doesn’t seek to reinvent the wheel—rather it takes a charming, whimsical mode of timekeeping and pairs it to a housing whose design is completely of the moment.
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