Best known for its iconic Royal Oak wristwatch, first launched in 1972, Audemars Piguet has also made its mark in the industry as an innovator and pioneer with numerous achievements throughout its rich history, including the world’s first minute-repeating wristwatch in 1892 and an ultra-thin automatic tourbillon in 1986. While these are just some of its accolades, there is a lot more to the Swiss luxury watch manufacture and its storied past that many may not know.
Even so, the manufacture has been doing a good job at telling its own story, especially with the opening of the Musée Atelier Audemars Piguet in 2020. Located in Le Brassus, the heart of the Vallée de Joux in Switzerland—where the manufacture is still headquartered today since it was founded in 1875 by the visionary duo of Jules Louis Audemars and Edward Auguste Piguet—the museum allows everyone,
