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Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept Supersonnerie Watch
The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept Supersonnerie utilises an ever more familiar case shape from the Swiss powerhouse and updates the internal workings with something totally new, and totally awesome.?What Audemars Piguet have focused on more than any other aspect of this watch, is the sound quality achieved by the sonnerie complication from which the piece takes its name. This is not the first watch Audemars Piguet have released in this vein. Back in 2014, they debuted the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept Acoustic Research Episode 1 watch, which we reviewed on best watches (you can check out David Bredan’s detailed analysis here). With this Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept Supersonnerie, ready for release just one year later, the brand feel they have produced a minute repeater of superior acoustic intensity with a supremely clear, sustained tone.As with the first iteration of this project, the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept Supersonnerie places emphasis on sound quality a
Fiona Kruger Celebration Skull Watch
When we first brought you a hands-on impression of the original watches Fiona Kruger was creating, Ariel mentioned that the pieces were very reminiscent of the skeletons you see associated with “Day of the Dead,” or D¨ªa de Muertos. The exception, to my eyes, was the fact that they were rather monochromatic. Now, I’m not a necessarily a celebrant of that day, but it calls to mind something very vividly colored. With her latest model, the Fiona Kruger Celebration Skull, that’s all changed.As you can see by these photos, the Fiona Kruger Celebration Skull very much hews to the aesthetic of the celebration. It follows the basic geometry established in the earlier watches, and adds the use of colorful lacquer (and superluminova) to the three-layer dial. For me, this sort of juxtaposition of lively color and the epitome of mortality (a skull) is something I can certainly appreciate, though it’s not a theme I personally am drawn to.