To me, the perpetual calendar is Audemars Piguet’s most iconic complication. Yes, there are countless examples of fine watchmaking that shape the manufacture’s heritage, but the top replica Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Selfwinding Perpetual Calendar watches brings out the very best in its soul. Sébastian Vivas, Audemars Piguet’s Heritage and Museum Director, agrees, “Perpetual calendars have marked the history of Audemars Piguet since 1875.” That’s why they are anything but just another piece of the Vallée de Joux landscape; each new release becomes an episode of horological richness, no matter how recent or remarkable the previous debut may have been.
When I first saw the Caliber 7138-equipped Royal Oak in Le Brassus at the beginning of the year, I was impressed by its concept. The demonstrations of the 7138 by Lucas Raggi — Chief Industrial Officer at AP — and his team dispelled any doubts and generated genuine admiration. Giulio Papi’s precise comments exuded pride and delight in the achievement. Before my eyes, the perfect fake watches seemed to unfold its own rhythmic language: every jump, every click, every coupling occurred with the cleanliness and precision of a David Gilmour solo, where nothing is superfluous, nothing is missing, and every note — or in this case, every tooth, every cam — falls exactly where it should. Manipulating a perpetual calendar became, for the first time, a playful act.
Based on the robustness of the Caliber 7121, the 7138 — 4.1mm high and 29.6mm in diameter — allows all the time and perpetual calendar indications (day, date, month, leap year and astronomical moonphase) to be adjusted exclusively via the crown. This delivers an unprecedented level of ergonomics and resolves the significant historical “inconvenience” of perpetual calendars: their reliance on awkward, risky pushers that require pinpoint accuracy and expose the mechanism to breakage (and the case to nasty scratches) from inadvertent movement. With the 7138, those horror stories are a thing of the past.
The crown is the true command center of the buy replica watches UK, operating in clearly defined positions: Position 1 — manual winding; Position 2 — quick bidirectional adjustment of the date (clockwise), year and month (counterclockwise), with the date protected by a safety system; Position 3 — time adjustment. And, as a feat of ingenuity, a fourth functional position emerges when returning from Position 3 to 2: here, the day and week (clockwise crown turn) and moonphase (counterclockwise) are adjusted. All of this is protected by five patents, including a system for the crown mechanism that allows bidirectional adjustment of the calendar indications, while protecting the movement from desynchronization or damage, as well as an ultra thin integrated architecture.
Thanks to these innovations, the new perfect fake Audemars Piguet Royal Oak watches feature cases without side perforations, a 55-hour power reserve and Gregorian accuracy through 2100. A good watch winder was indispensable for an automatic perpetual; today, with Audemars Piguet’s 7138 movement, it is almost tempting to let the mainspring run down to enjoy the pleasure of winding and setting it. This paradigm shift positions it as the Best Calendar Watch of.
