Audemars Piguet Millenary Rose Gold Watch
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An Audemars Piguet Millenary wristwatch. Reference 15320OR.OO.D093CR.01. circa 2007. 45 mm x 41 mm. 18ct rose gold eliptical case with double step lugs on a brown alligator strap with an 18ct rose gold deployant buckle. Automatic movement cal3120. White and silver zoned dial with Roman hour markers and Arabic minutes. date at 3 o'clock, sweep seconds, sapphire crystal, display-back. Swiss made. Original box and papers. The Royal oak is of course Audemars Piguet's most iconic model but the Millenary has gradually become, if not iconic, at least immediately recognisable as an Audemars Piguet timepiece. The horizontal ovoid shape and eccentric dials actually stemmed from an old case design made in 1951. The design was resurrected in 1995 and was named the 'Millenary' in honor of the impending third millennium.
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- Oviform /ovoid - The outline loosely resembling the shape of an egg.
- Date Aperture - A date aperture is a cut out section in the face of a watch or clock, displaying the day of the month.
- Timepiece - In today's usage, the word "clock" is the name given to any instrument used for measuring time, but the word clock is derived from the Celtic word meaning "bell", and traditionally a clock without a bell or chime was known as a timepiece.
- Movement - The technical name for the workings of a clock or watch, and does not include the dial or case.
- Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
- Oak - Native to Europe and England, oak has been used for joinery, furniture and building since the beginning of the medieval civilisation. It is a pale yellow in colour when freshly cut and darkens with age to a mid brown colour.
Oak as a furniture timber was superceded by walnut in the 17th century, and in the 18th century by mahogany,
Semi-fossilised bog oak is black in colour, and is found in peat bogs where the trees have fallen and been preserved from decay by the bog. It is used for jewellery and small carved trinkets.
Pollard oak is taken from an oak that has been regularly pollarded, that is the upper branches have been removed at the top of the trunk, result that new branches would appear, and over time the top would become ball-like. . When harvested and sawn, the timber displays a continuous surface of knotty circles. The timber was scarce and expensive and was used in more expensive pieces of furniture in the Regency and Victorian periods.
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