SIHH 2012
photo-credit: The Watch Lounge
It's Day 2 of SIHH 2012 and I'll be reviewing the fantastic releases from yesterday shortly. Stay tuned for updates!
Day 1
Jaeger-LeCoultre
The Master Compressor with cal. 899, circa €12,000.-
Audemars Piguet Jumbo (2012)
Quoting HODINKEE:
This is the watch we've been waiting for. You are looking at the new Royal Oak Jumbo, a fitting tribute to the 1972 original if there ever was one. Sized at 39mm and using the same AP caliber 2120 that made the original the icon that it is, the new Jumbo will feature a few design traits reminiscent of the original. You will, most noticeably, see that the "AP" logo has been moved from the 12 o'clock position back down to 6 o'clock, and the tapisserie is also smaller, just like it was on the original.
This watch will retain the reference 15202 despite the cosmetic changes, and it will only be available with a historically inspired blueish grey dial. The see-through sapphire caseback also remains, and there is new hand-finishing on the rotor. The new 15202 will be available in stainless steel and rose gold.
Benjamin took the extra step where he compared the 2012 model to the 'one that started it all'!
I love the Royal Oak Jumbo, I think that is pretty clear by now. So when we were showed the new RO's from AP yesterday at SIHH, I just had to bring along my own early Royal Oak to see how the new Jumbo would compare. My RO is an A-Series, that dates to 1972 - that's the watch at left. The watch at right is the brand new 15202 Jumbo with "AP" at 6 o'clock and won't hit stores for some time.
These watches are 40 years apart, but it doesn't look like it, right? They are incredibly similar, and use the exact same movement. The case at right is the same diameter but one millimeter thicker because it uses a sapphire caseback. The most noticeable difference between these two watches are the size of the font used for "Audemars Piguet," the black background for the date window in the new guy, and the slightly larger tapisserie pattern on the dial. But, essentially, these watches are all but identical, despite the four decade age difference. And that's exactly how it should be for the watch that changed it all.
Photo credit for the above images: HODINKEE
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