Audemars Piguet have long flirted between various disciplines when making their watches. From crafts such as skeletonisation to enameling to gem-setting, their watches have constantly embraced exceptional craftsmanship, and one watch that serves as a testament to AP’s embrace of those intricate crafts is the Ellipse that we have here. Featuring a diamond-set dial, bezel, and handset, this timepiece is tremendously exuberant, and that’s exactly what makes it so special.
A very large watch for the time, this model hails from the 1970s and boasts a rather healthy 32mm x 29mm oval-shaped case with an integrated 7-link bracelet that, just like all of the watch’s gem-setting, also goes above and beyond with a three rows of links featuring engraved centres that deviate from the other four rows of rounded links, giving the bracelet a wonderfully jewel-esque aesthetic, perfectly matching the dial, bezel, and hands that it surrounds.
Serving to not distract from the lavishly-set diamonds, this Ellipse boasts an understated champagne dial with 12 brilliant-set diamond hour markers that perfectly suits its 18kt yellow gold construction, creating a monochromatic colour scheme that is luxurious through and through. Powered by a manual-wind cal. 2080 movement as the cherry on top, this beautifully executed watch also stands only 6mm tall meaning its profile is thin and flat on the wrist. As if it couldn’t get any better.
