Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar Openwork ‘Cactus Jack’

Posted by lifata on January 24th, 2024

Swiss high-end watchmaker Audemars Piguet replica collaborates with Cactus Jack, the brand and record label founded by American rapper and singer Travis Scott, for the new Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar Openwork. (Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar Openworked) limited edition has been released.

The new Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar Openwork 'Cactus Jack' Limited Edition is the brand's first to be presented in a brown ceramic case and uses the Cactus Jack graphic as a design element on the dial, creating a unique synergy. Travis Scott is showing special affection for the fruits of his first collaboration, to the extent that he already calls the model 'The Chocolate AP' in his latest single.

The Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar Openwork 'Cactus Jack' is presented in a brown ceramic case measuring 41mm in diameter and 9.9mm in thickness, and the octagonal bezel, screw-lock (screw-down) crown, and even case back are made of brown ceramic. The hexagonal screws on the front of the case are made of white gold. Case water resistance supports up to 20m. While expanding ceramic variations almost every year to include black ceramic in 2017, white ceramic in 2019, and blue ceramic in 2022, the openwork design was first applied to the black ceramic case at the end of 2019.

Due to the nature of ceramic case manufacturing, which is completed through a process of sintering in a high temperature kiln over 1000°C based on zirconium oxide (ZrO) powder stabilized with yttrium, like the previous blue ceramic, this brown ceramic has such a deep color. It is very difficult to produce it. This is only possible with long-term manufacturing know-how. This time, it could have been introduced entirely in brown ceramic, including the bracelet, but it appears that the launch date was brought forward a little by compromising with a calf leather strap.

The movement is equipped with the same in-house automatic caliber 5135 as the previous model. It shares the movement design with the existing 5134, which is a modified ultra-thin automatic base (2120), but slightly modified the design of some of the plates and bridges by exposing the movement by openworking the dial surface. It consists of a total of 374 parts and 38 jewels in a small and slim movement with a diameter of 29mm. It vibrates 19,800 times per hour (2.75 Hz) and guarantees a power reserve of about 40 hours. As it is a perpetual calendar, it automatically recognizes each month and even leap years, so as long as the watch replicas uk operates normally, no separate adjustment is required until 2,100. In theory, there is also a highly precise astronomical moon phase that only needs adjustment at intervals of 122 years and 108 days. Built in.

However, as it is a Travis Scott (Cactus Jack) collaboration edition that differentiates it from the previous version, the Arabic numerals or English letters that display each calendar information located at 12-3-9 o'clock, including the flange of the dial, are based on a model drawn by Travis Scott himself. Processed with unique typography. In addition, the moon phase disc also has a smiling face with a characteristic closed mouth, similar to the symbol of Cactus Jack, and is filled with luminous paint to glow in a vivid blue color in the dark. If you look closely like this, you can see all of Cactus Jack's design elements. Through the transparent sapphire crystal case back, you can appreciate the other side of the unique high-end movement, and on one side of the brown ceramic case back is the phrase 'Utopia is a state of mind', which is taken from a song included in Scott's new album 'Utopia' released this year. The meaning of the collaboration edition was added by engraving the phrase 'is a state of mind'. In addition, the Cactus Jack symbol was engraved on the 22K gold rotor. The strap is a brown calfskin strap with a denim jeans texture. It is fastened with a pink gold folding buckle, and the names 'Audemars Piguet' and 'Travis Scott' are engraved side by side on both sides of the clasp, once again commemorating their first meaningful collaboration.