Alright, listen up. You wanna know about this Audemars Piguet thing? Sounds fancy, don’t it? I heard folks talkin’ about it, sayin’ it’s some kinda watch. A watch, can you believe it? People payin’ big money for somethin’ just to tell time. Back in my day, we had the sun and the chickens crowin’ to know what time it was.
Anyways, this Audemars Piguet, they say it’s been around for ages. Like, a real long time. Years and years, they’ve been makin’ these watches. Folks say they’re special, somethin’ about bein’ complicated. Complicated, like tryin’ to figure out how to bake a cake without messin’ it up! They got all sorts of fancy things inside, calendars and whatnots. Why you’d need all that on a watch is beyond me.
- They got this one, the Royal Oak, people keep talkin’ about. Sounds like a tree, don’t it? But it’s a watch, made of steel they say. Strong stuff, steel. But you used to have to wait forever to get one. Now, they say it’s just a few weeks. Guess people ain’t rushin’ to buy ’em like they used to.
- Then there’s the Code 11.59. Now that’s a funny name. Sounds like somethin’ you’d hear at the grocery store, “Code 11.59, need a cleanup on aisle five!” But no, it’s a watch. And they play music with it or somethin’. Music and watches? What’ll they think of next?
They also got this other one, the 37 mm Selfwinding. Don’t ask me what selfwindin’ means. Guess it winds itself up, saves you the trouble. It’s got pink gold, they say. Gold, like the rings they used to wear. And rubber, like the tires on a tractor. Strange mix, ain’t it? But folks seem to like it.
And if you wanna buy one of these fancy watches, you gotta call someone. Alan Furman, they say. Never heard of him, but I guess he’s the fella who sells ’em. You just give him a ring and ask how much. But be warned, they ain’t cheap. Heard tell of folks payin’ thousands for these things. Thousands! For a watch! I could buy a whole lotta chickens with that kinda money.
They also had this other watch, the 25721. Lasted a long time, almost twenty years. Then they stopped makin’ it. Replaced it with another one, the Royal Oak Offshore 26170. More numbers, more names. Makes my head spin tryin’ to keep track of it all.
And they got old ones too, from way back when. The 40s, 50s, and 60s. You can find ’em, but they still cost a pretty penny. Even for somethin’ that old. Guess it’s like old furniture, sometimes it’s worth more than the new stuff.
They even made a small one, the Royal Oak 15000. Just 33 mm. Small enough for a lady, I reckon. Selfwindin’ too, so you don’t gotta worry about windin’ it up.
So there you have it. That’s all I know about this Audemars Piguet. Fancy watches, fancy names, fancy prices. If you got the money to spend, go ahead and get one. Me, I’ll stick with my old clock on the wall. Does the job just fine, and it don’t cost me an arm and a leg.
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