AP was founded in a small town called Le Brassus, in 1875. It is in the heart of Vallée de Joux, Switzerland. Back then Vallée de Joux was mostly known for its mountain ranges and its farming. During winter, the lands stayed dormant while the villagers turned to watchmaking. Many families in Vallée de Joux was well-known as watchmaking families. Audemars Piguet is still independently owned by the families of the original founders.

2. Audemars Piguet is still independently owned by the families of the original founders

While AP is a very popular and renowned watch brand that brings in close to one billion dollars in revenue, Audemars Piguet is the oldest fine watch-making manufacturer that is still managed by its founding families. This allows AP to pave it own and unique path in the future of watchmaking.

3. Audemars Piguet is the watchmaker behind many of today’s complications

Through their 140 year history, AP has kept the pace high with new innovations and high tech mechanics that change and inspire the watchmaking world. Audemars Piguet were the first in the world in 1858 to create a pocket watch incorporated with jumping-seconds hand. AP inspire to create new mechanisms and improve the watch world.

4.Audemars is the master of Complications

AP has kept the founders’ legacy of creating the greatest complications out there. There are only a handful of watchmakers in Audemars that have reached that point of creating such amazing complications. It takes up to 4 to 6 months for a watchmaker to build a grande complication.