Well, you wanna know about Audemars Piguet, huh? It’s a fancy watch company, real high-end stuff. They started way back, like a long, long time ago. It was these two fellas, Audemars and Piguet, see? Their names are right there in the brand.
I reckon they started in some place called Le Brassus, in Switzerland. That’s where all them fancy watchmakers are, I heard. They got started in, lemme think, 1875, yeah, 1875. That’s a lot of years, ain’t it? Imagine making watches for that long!
They didn’t call it Audemars Piguet right away though. Took ’em a few years, till 1881, to get the official name. Audemars Piguet & Cie, they called it. That “Cie” part, I don’t rightly know what it means, some fancy French thing, I guess.
- They make real expensive watches, for rich folks.
- They got all sorts of models, like Royal Oak and Millenary. Sounds like some kinda trees or somethin’, don’t it?
- They did some firsts, you know, like the first wristwatch that could chime the minutes. Fancy stuff, like I said.
Now, some folks say Audemars Piguet is better than Rolex, another fancy watch brand. I dunno about that. Rolex, you hear about it more, everyone knows Rolex. But Audemars Piguet, they say they make their watches by hand, real careful like. Maybe that’s why they’re so expensive.
But you know, if you ask me, a watch is a watch. It tells you the time. Whether it costs a lot or a little, it does the same job. But these rich folks, they like their fancy things. And Audemars Piguet, they make some real fancy watches.
So, Audemars Piguet, started in 1875 in Switzerland, makes expensive watches, some say better than Rolex. That’s about all I know. If you wanna know more, you go look it up on that “Wikipedia” thing, they know everything on there, they say.
They’re still makin’ watches today, ain’t stopped. Got lots of different kinds, for all sorts of rich people. Royal Oak, that’s a famous one, I heard. And Code 11.59, whatever that means. Sounds like somethin’ from outer space!
Anyways, that’s all I got. If you want the real fancy details, you go read that Wikipedia thing. Me, I’m just tellin’ you what I heard, what I remember. Audemars Piguet, a watch company from Switzerland, been around a long time. That’s the long and short of it.
Tags: Audemars Piguet, Luxury Watches, Swiss Watches, Watchmakers, History, Royal Oak, Le Brassus, 1875
