Pocket Watch 25712 Grande Complication Yellow Gold

In Context

At 59 mm this is exceptionally large for something worn on a wrist, closer to a pocket watch given lugs. At 19.6 mm it is very tall, and sits high off the wrist. The case back is closed, so the movement stays out of sight, and the sapphire crystal will resist everything short of deliberate abuse.

The movement is hand-wound, so winding it becomes part of the day rather than something the watch does for you. Its 30-hour reserve wants wearing most days; leave it off and it stops. At 18,000 vph the seconds hand advances 5 times a second, the slower and more audible rate of an older design.

25712BA.OO.0000XX.01 stands on its own in this catalogue — no other reference here shares its base number. It carries a yellow gold case.

Hand-wound 'Grande Complication' movement with perpetual calendar, minute repeater, split-seconds chronograph, moonphase and small seconds. Total of 637 parts.

1 other watch in the library runs the Audemars Piguet AP 2860.

Audemars Piguet

Pocket Watch 25701 Grande Complication Pink Gold

25701OR.OO.000XX.03 · 52 mm