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Audemars Piguet Millenary Tour Auto 2011 Watch

Audemars Piguet drastically changed the look and feel of its Millenary watch collection for 2011, but one that hearkens to the now classic Millenary Chronograph is this limited edition AP Millenary Tour Auto 2011. Audemars Piguet has been a Tour Auto sponsor for a while now, and this model is specifically made for the 2011 event. The Tour Auto is a car race (well, more like a driving tour) where participants enter with classic sports cars. The even takes place all one side roads in France.

Audemars Piguet took the base Millenary Chronograph and modeled it a bit after classic European sports cars. This includes the exposed stripe of perlage polished metal on the dial, quilt-stitched leather strap, and of course the sporty red against the cream and silver tones of the dial. The 47mm wide case is 42mm high and in steel. Inside the watch is an in-house made AP caliber 2385 automatic. The fun dial is a bit of an optical illusion as the hands and such are actually centered - though they appear to be aligned to the right a bit. Audemars Pigeut will produce 150 of these limited edition Millenary Tour Auto 2011 watches. Looks good to me.

Ariel Adams publishes the wrist watch reviews site aBlogtoRead.com.

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Audemars Piguet Tourbillon Millenary Calcédoine Watch

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Another timepiece not in-line with the times, but perhaps it is. Sure ultra luxury watches are not en vogue given the economy, but then again at least they are straight forward with why they are expensive. People feel more comfortable paying luxury prices for clear luxury items. The alternative are $100,000 sport watches that most people would never notice as being so "valuable."

This is the Audemars Piguet Millenary Calcedoine (Chalcedony) watch and it serves up some of the most popular luxury features in a watch. You have an 18k pink gold case that is 45mm wide by 40mm tall. You have a stunning array of 395 brilliant-cut diamonds placed all over the case and in the dial was well. You have a beautifully decorated and designed open-work in-house made Audemars Piguet Calibre 2861 manually-wound tourbillon movement - with a chalcedony mainplate. And you have a galuchat (stingray) strap. It just oozes "my Tahitian vacation home is more expensive than you primary south Florida residence plus four children's Ivy league educations combined!"

Aside from diamonds, arabesque engravings decorate the movement while the tourbillon escapement is visible to the left of the watch face itself ( that is surprisingly legible). I am sure that Audemars Piguet will not be making too many of these watches for men - no, maybe they are for women - but contact them and I am sure they will put your name on an arbitrarily long waiting list as well as inform you of "what the damage" will be.

Ariel Adams publishes the luxury watch review site aBlogtoRead.com.

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Exclusive John Legend Audemars Piguet Millenary Pianoforte Watch Featured In Charity Auction

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This unique watch with an engraved picture and autograph of musician John Legend is part of a limited edition itself, but is a one-of-a-kind piece. The Audemars Piguet Millenary Pianoforte line of watches is limited to 500 pieces and is itself musically themed to have the representation of piano keys on the dial of the watch. The watch face base is mother of pearl. The Millenary line of watches is stunning with a trick face that looks asymmetrical but actually is not, with the dial being right in the center. The 45mm x 40mm wide watch is in solid 18k white gold housing the in-house made Audemars Piguet Calibre 3120 automatic mechanical movement with about 55 hours of power reserve.

The John Legend special edition version of the Millenary Pianoforte watch is currently up for auction to raise money for John's "Show Me" Organization. The estimated auction value of the watch is about $32,000 but the price is far lower than that at this time. The auction closes on June 4th. For more information or to bid, see the auction page here on CharityBuzz.com.

Ariel Adams publishes the popular watch review site aBlogtoRead.com.

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Audemars Piguet Millenary MC 12 Tourbillon and Chronograph

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Another watch turning heads in Geneva is this racing inspired Audemars Piguet Millenary MC12 Tourbillon and Chronograph. The watch takes its inspiration from the racing success of the Maserati MC12 in the 2005 FIA GT Manufacturers’ Cup. It uses the new AP caliber 2884 and has an oval hand-wound movement with a 10-day power reserve. The watch's blue and white color scheme mimics the colors of the race car. The watch will be produced in a limited series of 150.

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