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On order Audemars Piguet Millenary Escape ampquotDead Beat Secondsampquot 26091OR.OO.D803CR.01 86743
Audemars Piguet Millenary Escape ampquotDead Beat Secondsampquot

Case material: Rose gold; Charge: Manual; Conditions: New Presentation condition : With boxes and all papers; Model: Millenary Price on request Gmtbroker Reference: 26091OR.OO.D803CR.01 the millenary manual winding movement with ap escapement and "deadbeat seconds" (or "jump seconds)- a remarkable achievement for a mechanical wrist watch. this watch features: - silvered textured guilloche dial. - blued applied roman numeral hour markers. - blued skeleton hands. - small seconds sub-dial at the 7 o'clock. this small seconds hand features the "dead seconds" complication. - the dead seconds complication: with regular mechanical watch the beats per hour (vph) interpret into the frequency the seconds hand advances - giving the seconds hand the perception of smooth motion aka "the sweep seconds hand". with the dead seconds complication the seconds hand jump every second (much like a quartz watch). this complication is achieved through am additional going-train driven by a second barrel. ap devised a system with two - superimposed seconds-wheels driven by a "differential", one is free and moves steadily forward at the rate of the vph, while the other carries wolf's teeth and moves in jerks ?€“ hence the jumping seconds. - the new ap high efficiency direct-impulse escapement is proudly displayed on the dial side of the watch. the benefits of this new escapement are considerable: *no need for lubrication on the pallet-stones. *detached single-beat escapement: a single impulse corresponds to two vibrations, thu

Object: Audemars Piguet Millenary Escape ampquotDead Beat Secondsampquot