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Since its founding in 1875, Audemars Piguet has continued to master the art of handmade, avant-garde design and mechanical brilliance. The newly introduced 2026 novelties, unveiled as part of this year’s AP Social Club under the theme Crafting Time, challenge the boundaries of performance and design yet again, combining modern, luxury, and vintage elements that honour the métiers d’art,.
A century and a half of celestial complication and technical mastery is brought together in the limited edition 150 Heritage pocket watch. With a sophisticated activation technique, this watchmaker is engineered with a new ultra-complicated movement that expands on the Original configuration of the Calibre 1000, and introduces the Universal Calendar – displaying the cosmic panorama. The new model has 47 functions and comes in two one-of-a-kind platinum editions as the first pocket-sized ultra-complicated watches.
The Neo Frame Jumping Hour pays homage to AP’s pioneering role in developing the first jumping hour wristwatch released iand reinterprets the 1929 pre-model 1271, by introducing what they call “modern horological savoir-faire” in a recent statement. Remembering the design of the past, with Streamline Moderne and vertical gadroons, the 2026 Neo Frame Jumping showcases craftsmanship that defines the future, featuring the brand’s inaugural self-winding jumping-hour movement—Calibre 7122—and a pink and gold sapphire case with a new-motif strap that sets itself apart.
Meanwhile, a fresh perspective is brought to celestial complication with the Calibre 7139, and its debut of Quantième Perpétuel (QP) with skeletal self-winding movement and sapphire dials. Ergonomically designed, the Calibre 7139 integrates the signature unified crown correction system with two new 41 mm models: a classic two-tone Code 11.59 presented as the first openworked perpetual calendar in the range, and a Royal Oak model blending titanium and Bulk Metallic Glass (BMG).
A new chapter is written in the Royal Oak Chronograph, originally launched in 1998, with the new Calibre 6401. Crafted in steel and pink gold, these timepieces feature a sapphire caseback that offers a glimpse into the refined caliber within. The Royal Oak 38mm showcases distinct developments in precision, reliability, and visual refinement, which mark significant innovation in self-winding technology.
Celebrating 150 years of refinement and innovation, the new novelties remind us that true luxury lies not only in measuring time but in shaping fleeting moments into memories and legacies.
