Audemars Piguet
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| Industry | Fine Horology |
| Founded | 1875 |
| Founder | Jules-Louis Audemars Edward-Auguste Piguet |
| Headquarters | Le Brassus, Switzerland |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Jasmine Audemars Olivier Audemars François-Henri Bennahmias |
| Products | Highly complicated mechanical watches Jewellery |
| Revenue | 900 million CHF (2016) |
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Number of employees
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1450 |
| Subsidiaries | Audemars Piguet Renaud & Papi SA Centror SA |
| Website | www.audemarspiguet.com/ |
Audemars Piguet (AP) (French pronunciation: [odmaʁ piɡɛ]) is a Swiss manufacturer of complicated mechanical watches founded in 1875 by watch makers Jules-Louis Audemars and Edward-Auguste Piguet. Audemars Piguet is considered by many experts and aficionados to be one of the most prestigious watch manufacturers and a leader in haute horology.
The Swiss company designs and manufactures mechanical watches and jewellery and is famous for its avant-garde styling and being industry leader in establishing new product categories such as stainless steel luxury sport watch with its Royal Oak line.
The Audemars Piguet watch group is composed of 1,450 employees, 14 distribution subsidiaries, and 18 boutiques worldwide. It comprises three production sites: Le Brassus, Le Locle and Meyrin in Switzerland. The brand is present in 88 countries.
Audemars Piguet has been continuously producing watches since 1875, making it one of the world's oldest watch manufacturers. The company is still owned by its founding families.
Audemars Piguet vintage watches are highly sought after by collectors and aficionados as are their contemporary watches.
The Vallée de Joux, located in the Jura Mountains in the Swiss Canton of Vaud. In the 18th century farmers and villagers of the Vallée de Joux turned to watchmaking during the long winters. The geographical location of the region offers iron oxide and forests. While burning, woods enable to extract the iron and mold it. For the inhabitants watchmaking was a way to survive. Through the years, this craft became not only a family tradition but also a cultural heritage.
Like other families, the Audemars and the Piguet crafted timepieces long before the establishment of the Audemars Piguet company. A pocket watch was created between 1740 and 1760 and signed "Joseph Piguet – Le Brassus" and still exists today.
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