{"id":22127,"date":"2024-02-05T10:50:39","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T09:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/?p=22127"},"modified":"2026-02-26T10:27:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T09:27:00","slug":"giulio-papi-audemars-piguet-universelle-rd4-vo-vintage-vicenzaoro-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/en\/giulio-papi-audemars-piguet-universelle-rd4-vo-vintage-vicenzaoro-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Giulio Papi and Audemars Piguet&#8217;s Universelle #RD4 at VO Vintage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vicenzaoro and its gem VO Vintage started the new year with a bang. As far as the main event is concerned, \u2018Vicenzaoro January 2024 \u2013 The Jewellery Boutique Show\u2019 (this is the official name of one of the world&#8217;s biggest shows in the gold and jewellery field by the prestigious IEG &#8211; Italian Exhibition Group), it could not have been otherwise, given that this year\u2019s 70th anniversary was celebrated with great pomp. And indeed, it was a record-breaking edition on all fronts, starting with attendance all the way to exhibitors. But even the VO Vintage salon was no less impressive in terms of exhibitors \u2013 both of watches and vintage jewellery \u2013 and as a meeting occasion for enthusiasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/VO_Vintage_2024_Watch_Insanity_02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/VO_Vintage_2024_Watch_Insanity_02-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/VO_Vintage_2024_Watch_Insanity_02-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/VO_Vintage_2024_Watch_Insanity_02-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/VO_Vintage_2024_Watch_Insanity_02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/VO_Vintage_2024_Watch_Insanity_02-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/VO_Vintage_2024_Watch_Insanity_02-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/VO_Vintage_2024_Watch_Insanity_02.jpg 1772w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>THE WATCH INSANITY TALK WITH GIULIO PAPI<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About hands, the Vicenza show\u2019s special feature is that it has long since become the meeting place for the enthusiasts\u2019 community in Italy, including specialised media, different influencers, collectors, and aficionados of our wonderful industry from all over the world. And with the various talks that represent a true spectacle in terms of outreach (all talks were streamed live and can be rewatch on VO Vintage&#8217;s YouTube channel).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Giulio_Papi_VO_Vintage_2024_Watch_Insanity_05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Giulio_Papi_VO_Vintage_2024_Watch_Insanity_05-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Giulio Papi VO Vintage Vicenzaoro 2024\" class=\"wp-image-22130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Giulio_Papi_VO_Vintage_2024_Watch_Insanity_05-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Giulio_Papi_VO_Vintage_2024_Watch_Insanity_05-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Giulio_Papi_VO_Vintage_2024_Watch_Insanity_05-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Giulio_Papi_VO_Vintage_2024_Watch_Insanity_05-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Giulio_Papi_VO_Vintage_2024_Watch_Insanity_05-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Giulio_Papi_VO_Vintage_2024_Watch_Insanity_05.jpg 1772w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this sense, our friend Giulio Papi, the legendary master watchmaker (proud owner of an Italian passport) who has been Audemars Piguet\u2019s technical director for decades, returning to Vicenza was a significant event: he participated in a talk organised by Watch Insanity, with the pleasant participation of another long-standing friend, Enrico Zazzali, editor of Revolution Italia.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/VO_Vintage_Giulio_Papi_Watch_Insanity-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/VO_Vintage_Giulio_Papi_Watch_Insanity-1-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Giulio Papi\" class=\"wp-image-22143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/VO_Vintage_Giulio_Papi_Watch_Insanity-1-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/VO_Vintage_Giulio_Papi_Watch_Insanity-1-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/VO_Vintage_Giulio_Papi_Watch_Insanity-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/VO_Vintage_Giulio_Papi_Watch_Insanity-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/VO_Vintage_Giulio_Papi_Watch_Insanity-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/VO_Vintage_Giulio_Papi_Watch_Insanity-1.jpg 1181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Giulio Papi, after his first appearance at Vicenzaoro at the September 2021 edition, came back to tell all the secrets about his latest dizzying creation, the Code 11.59 by Audemars Piguet Ultra-Complication Universelle RD#4, which won \u2013 with the jurors\u2019 great acclaim \u2013 the Geneva Grand Prix 2023 in the most prestigious category: the \u2018Aiguille d\u2019Or\u2019. And among the secrets, there was also a very interesting account of his past masterpieces that, step by step, led him to imagine and build his latest marvel. Therefore, before talking about the Universelle, let us take a step back and summarise the main stages of a truly unrepeatable career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>A \u2018COMPLICATED\u2019 LIFE<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Giulio, ever since he was a boy, has been extremely passionate about motors and micromechanics, and in 1984 he managed to get a job at Audemars Piguet thanks to the skeletonisation of a movement that he had done for fun. At Les Brassus, however, he soon realised that the path of the young master watchmaker in such an important (and traditional) company would require great patience because, due to the inflexible company hierarchies, a lot of time would have to pass before he could get his hands on his beloved complications. So in 1986, together with his friend Dominique Renaud, he decided to found Renaud &amp; Papi. And here, he takes a leap ahead. First with the minute repeater module for IWC&#8217;s Grande Complication (also used by other brands such as Lemania and Audemars Piguet itself), then with the Imperial Tourbillon for Frank Muller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Giulio_Papi_VO_Vintage_2024_Watch_Insanity_06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Giulio_Papi_VO_Vintage_2024_Watch_Insanity_06-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Giulio Papi &amp; Dominique Renaud - Renaud &amp; Papi\" class=\"wp-image-22132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Giulio_Papi_VO_Vintage_2024_Watch_Insanity_06-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Giulio_Papi_VO_Vintage_2024_Watch_Insanity_06-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Giulio_Papi_VO_Vintage_2024_Watch_Insanity_06-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Giulio_Papi_VO_Vintage_2024_Watch_Insanity_06-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Giulio_Papi_VO_Vintage_2024_Watch_Insanity_06-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Giulio_Papi_VO_Vintage_2024_Watch_Insanity_06.jpg 1772w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Audemars Piguet, however, is inextricably tied to his destiny. So much so that, in 1992, the brand becomes Renaud &amp; Papi\u2019s majority shareholder. So Giulio is finally able to devote himself exclusively to the creation of incredible movements. To understand his obsession, suffice it to say that he himself developed a CAD programme for the development of new calibres, as nothing similar existed at the time. Thus came the Tourbillon \u2018Pour le M\u00e9rite\u2019 from A. Lange &amp; S\u00f6hne in 1994, and, from the very beginning, the epoch-making partnership with Richard Mille with the RM001 (and all its high-end pieces to follow) which became one of the greatest phenomena \u2013 also commercial \u2013 in the history of watchmaking. To conclude these few lines on his story, it must at least be said that most of today\u2019s great independent watchmakers (a handful of names among many: Robert Greubel and Stephen Forsey, Andreas Strehler, the Gr\u00f6nefeld brothers, Peter Speake Marin and Christophe Claret) have worked at his manufacture in Le Locle. And many more brands have enjoyed his services, most of which are protected by industrial secrecy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>ALL ABOUT UNIVERSELLE RD#4: THE ULTRA-COMPLICATED AUDEMARS PIGUET<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking of numbers, one more incredible figure: Giulio has developed more than 145 complications for Audemars Piguet. Of these, the last one, the RD4, is the most important of all because not only is it the most complicated wristwatch ever made by the legendary Swiss manufacturer, but because it is the reasoned sum of all Giulio\u2019s previous creations. Four versions exist, two of which are skeletonised. For a price that exceeds one and a half million euros (excluding tax) \u2013 price that has not prevented it to be sold out immediately!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Code_1159_by_Audemars_Piguet_Ultra_Complication_Universelle_RD4_Watch_Insanity_08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Code_1159_by_Audemars_Piguet_Ultra_Complication_Universelle_RD4_Watch_Insanity_08-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Audemars Piguet CODE 11.59 Ultra-Complication Universelle RD#4\" class=\"wp-image-22133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Code_1159_by_Audemars_Piguet_Ultra_Complication_Universelle_RD4_Watch_Insanity_08-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Code_1159_by_Audemars_Piguet_Ultra_Complication_Universelle_RD4_Watch_Insanity_08-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Code_1159_by_Audemars_Piguet_Ultra_Complication_Universelle_RD4_Watch_Insanity_08-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Code_1159_by_Audemars_Piguet_Ultra_Complication_Universelle_RD4_Watch_Insanity_08-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Code_1159_by_Audemars_Piguet_Ultra_Complication_Universelle_RD4_Watch_Insanity_08-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Code_1159_by_Audemars_Piguet_Ultra_Complication_Universelle_RD4_Watch_Insanity_08.jpg 1772w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But if Giulio\u2019s story is one of complications, it is also true that he has always tried to make them simple: both in the display of the various functions and in their use, which must be as ergonomic as possible. And so the seven years of research and development that lead to the Universelle followed an unequivocal motto: \u2018Simplicity is the Ultimate Sophistication\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And again, the numbers reveal the exceptional nature of the Universelle: the automatic calibre has 1,100 components for 40 functions and 23 complications! Including grand and small chime, supersonnerie, minute repeater, perpetual calendar, split-seconds chrono and flying tourbillon. For a watch size that has some unimaginable: only 42 mm in diameter by 15 mm thick, which would already be excellent for a \u2018simple\u2019 automatic chronograph, let alone an ultra-complicated one with more than a thousand components inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Code_1159_by_Audemars_Piguet_Ultra_Complication_Universelle_RD4_Watch_Insanity_03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Code_1159_by_Audemars_Piguet_Ultra_Complication_Universelle_RD4_Watch_Insanity_03-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Audemars Piguet CODE 11.59 Ultra-Complication Universelle RD#4\" class=\"wp-image-22134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Code_1159_by_Audemars_Piguet_Ultra_Complication_Universelle_RD4_Watch_Insanity_03-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Code_1159_by_Audemars_Piguet_Ultra_Complication_Universelle_RD4_Watch_Insanity_03-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Code_1159_by_Audemars_Piguet_Ultra_Complication_Universelle_RD4_Watch_Insanity_03-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Code_1159_by_Audemars_Piguet_Ultra_Complication_Universelle_RD4_Watch_Insanity_03-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Code_1159_by_Audemars_Piguet_Ultra_Complication_Universelle_RD4_Watch_Insanity_03-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Code_1159_by_Audemars_Piguet_Ultra_Complication_Universelle_RD4_Watch_Insanity_03.jpg 1772w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The watch\u2019s exceptionality is defined by other details that are always aimed at simplicity of use. For example, three pushers and three crowns with coaxial pushers are all that\u2019s needed to operate the movement. These allow the perpetual calendar month to be corrected forwards and backwards (an aspect, as you know, that is rather rare in this specific complication), and the usual slide for starting the minute repeater can be replaced by a much more ergonomic pushpiece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The watch is also water and shock resistant, and boasts one of the best sounds in the chime category, with its soundboard and double back allowing for the sound to spread far beyond the 35 centimetres distance envisioned by Giulio in the initial design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Code_1159_by_Audemars_Piguet_Ultra_Complication_Universelle_RD4_Watch_Insanity_19.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Code_1159_by_Audemars_Piguet_Ultra_Complication_Universelle_RD4_Watch_Insanity_19-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Audemars Piguet CODE 11.59 Ultra-Complication Universelle RD#4\" class=\"wp-image-22135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Code_1159_by_Audemars_Piguet_Ultra_Complication_Universelle_RD4_Watch_Insanity_19-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Code_1159_by_Audemars_Piguet_Ultra_Complication_Universelle_RD4_Watch_Insanity_19-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Code_1159_by_Audemars_Piguet_Ultra_Complication_Universelle_RD4_Watch_Insanity_19-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Code_1159_by_Audemars_Piguet_Ultra_Complication_Universelle_RD4_Watch_Insanity_19-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Code_1159_by_Audemars_Piguet_Ultra_Complication_Universelle_RD4_Watch_Insanity_19-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Code_1159_by_Audemars_Piguet_Ultra_Complication_Universelle_RD4_Watch_Insanity_19.jpg 1772w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Code_1159_by_Audemars_Piguet_Ultra_Complication_Universelle_RD4_Watch_Insanity_20.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Code_1159_by_Audemars_Piguet_Ultra_Complication_Universelle_RD4_Watch_Insanity_20-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Audemars Piguet CODE 11.59 Ultra-Complication Universelle RD#4\" class=\"wp-image-22136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Code_1159_by_Audemars_Piguet_Ultra_Complication_Universelle_RD4_Watch_Insanity_20-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Code_1159_by_Audemars_Piguet_Ultra_Complication_Universelle_RD4_Watch_Insanity_20-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Code_1159_by_Audemars_Piguet_Ultra_Complication_Universelle_RD4_Watch_Insanity_20-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Code_1159_by_Audemars_Piguet_Ultra_Complication_Universelle_RD4_Watch_Insanity_20-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Code_1159_by_Audemars_Piguet_Ultra_Complication_Universelle_RD4_Watch_Insanity_20-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.watchinsanity.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Code_1159_by_Audemars_Piguet_Ultra_Complication_Universelle_RD4_Watch_Insanity_20.jpg 1772w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a nutshell, the Universelle is the world&#8217;s most ultra-complicated watch for everyday use, yet it projects itself into the eternity of watchmaking history with the simplicity so dear to its creator. Congratulations to Giulio Papi!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Michele Mengoli<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Vicenzaoro\u2019s VO Vintage, the technical director of Audemars Piguet, Giulio Papi, explained all the secrets of the Code 11.59 Ultra-Complication Universelle RD#4, winner of the &#8216;Aiguille d&#8217;Or&#8217; at the Geneva Grand Prix 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":712,"featured_media":22137,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9,628],"tags":[75,605],"class_list":["post-22127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-timepieces","category-weekly-snippets","tag-audemars-piguet","tag-grand-complications"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ 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