Hey, guys.
Daniel here from CRM Jewelers.
Today, we're going to be discussing the AP Concept Flying Tourbillon.
Well, let's talk about the cases on this beautiful piece.
The watch which I nicknamed the Dark Knight tourbillon is something genuinely unique in
shape and size.
Something that will call your attention without necessarily having that aura around it.
The case is designed like that of a fighter jet.
The reason why I call it the Dark Knight, because it reminds me of the Tumbler from
the Batman movies, the Christopher Nolan movies.
If you go and you sit this thing down on the table, you're probably getting to see that
tourbillion rotating back and forth.
And you're going to see it looks sort of like that thruster on the back of that car.
Let's get into the specs.
When it comes to this piece, something that will really call your attention is going to
be the size.
For those of you that wanted to know this is a 44 millimeter wide by 57 millimeter lug
to lug.
And then the thickness is about 16.1 millimeters.
The watch itself in your mind would probably sound huge, but the reality of it is Audemars
Piguet did a very good job making a contour in the shape that actually curves towards
your wrist.
Unlike the 44 millimeter AP Offshore, which you usually, and I actually did show that
in the previous video, I think how to price your Rolex or the video right after that,
you get those really sharp lugs on the 44 millimeter offshore which sort of like drop
and then you have like these gaps in between your wrist and the watch itself.
This one thinks of that contour and that curvature.
You're going to have it sitting more comfortably on your wrist and you won't feel that bulkiness
as much.
Something else that's really interesting about this piece is considering the caliber of the
piece and the retail price upwards of $150,000, the piece itself is designed to go up to a
hundred meters underwater.
Personally, I don't know the person that would actually go and jump in the water with something
like this, but there are many, I think Dan Bilzerian is one of them who you casually
see swimming with an AP Concept.
Then you also have to, you actually have to appreciate the work of art behind this piece.
It's a 237-hour power reserve, which is just shy of 10 days.
On top of that, the 24 hour GMT with 12 hours a night and 12 hours a day, it will tell you
that with a light shade or a darker shade in that GMT circle.
If you're actually measuring the time for Miami and London to be the six hours ahead,
it'll tell you when it's dark over there and then you're still going to have the consistent
time here and set in place.
Now I know you're going to be asking yourself a question and you're like, damn, that watch
must be heavy considering it's 44 millimeters by 57 millimeters.
Surprisingly, no.
Thanks to the engineering behind this piece, it was made with sandblasted titanium and
a ceramic bezel, which makes it extremely lightweight and very comfortable on the wrist.
If you're a little bit bigger in size and maybe a little bit more athletic and stuff
like that, and you have a thicker forearm, you're going to be really appreciating this
piece on your wrist.
So the interesting feature about this is that just like a car has a neutral feature, which
is actually outlined by that little rose gold indicator on the end, which is neutral.
Now we pull this crown out.
First position, winding remontage.
You'll hear it wind.
Now, if you go an you pull it out once again, you hit the H, it's the setting mode.
So here you actually get to play with the hands.
What you're going to see is that GMT on the right side with the gold indicator, which
you can actually see that 24 hour GMT, which I had mentioned, which tells you night and
day right now in the lights.
Then if you continue you're going to see it in the darker, as it goes into the 9:00 PM,
10:00 PM, 11:00 PM.
You go here and close again.
This is something really funny.
I just noticed.
If we put this watch down, let's look right here at a 42 millimeter brick.
You see the crown, when you screw it in, it will never screw straight up.
However, for some beautiful design mechanic of this watch, when you unscrew the crown
in no specific order, it always lands in the proper direction.
AP is always up.
That's beautiful.
Little details like that show you the engineering marvel that went into making this watch.
It's beautiful open back, which actually I can show you in more detail right here.
Skeletonized back allows you to see the two barrels, springs.
Beautiful piece.
Here we are with a lume shot.
I'm going to charge this up real quick for you guys.
Boom.
This beautiful watch, you get everything you can possibly need for $150,000.
AP really did something with this piece.
It's something unique, discreet, calls just the right amount of attention and it's simple
yet genuinely unique in design.
I haven't seen this before.
I would say if you were to give me $150,000 and I had to choose between this AP Concept
Tourbillion or an RM 11 GMT, both titanium, one is a chronograph and this one obviously
isn't, I would go for something very nice, such as this piece.
When it comes to the major houses of time, Rolex, AP, Patek.
AP's second place, Patek number one, and then Rolex in third place.
I would say don't go for brand new childish brand.
Something that just is hot in the market, hyped up, go for something that has history
and genuinely kills it every time that they come out with something new.
Well guys, as always thank you for watching.
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interesting.
Hopefully the different modes, the settings and all that kind of stuff helps you out and
you will notice that not many people on YouTube do share how to set the time on this, how
to wind it, how to play with the GMT, et cetera.
So let me know what you guys think in the comments down below and until next time.
Peace out.