– Matte 18kt rose gold case. – Matte white ceramic bezel with polished finished beveled corners, secured by 8 brushed white gold screws. – Brushed & polished white ceramic crown & chronograph pushers. – Thin black dial flange with printed minute/seconds & fractions-of-a-second chapter ring & with luminous hour markers. – Rose gold hands, hours & minute hands partially skeletonized & with luminous fill.
Movement component materials & finishes: – Movement main-plate is made of forged carbon. – The central bridge is brown anodized aluminum – some of which is visible through the case back. – Tourbillon bridges and chronograph counter made of hand-drawn steel with black PVD coating. – Crown position indicator bridges and power-reserve bridges made of sapphire-blasted nickel, hand-drawn and coated with black PVD. – Tourbillon carriage bridges and are made of sapphire-blasted steel, coated with black PVD & finished with polished beveled corners. – Balance coated with black PVD and secured by yellow-gold screws
Power Reserve: Power Reserve Indicator at the 12 o’clock position. The watch has an amazing 10 day power reserve is achieved through the use of 2 barrels. Each barrel is wound by a mere 19.75 turns. Although the use of 2 barrels allow for a power reserve of 290 hours, however, an ingenious locking system – in the low and high winding-level zones – concentrates the running time on a 237-hour period, thereby ensuring optimal operation.
Chronograph/Stopwatch Function: – Large white central sweep seconds counter hand. – An ingenious linear 30 minute counter. The single minutes from 0-9 to the left of the linear counter & immediately to the right 1 & 2 increments indicating when the counter is at 10 or in the 20 minutes counting.
Movement Function Selection Indicator at the 6 o’clock Position: – H indicates that the crown is in the Time Correction position. – N indicates that the crown is in the Neutral position. – R indicates that the crown is in winding position. Tourbillon: – Located at the 9 o’clock position. – The Tourbillon is secured by a linear bridge, matching the linear 30 minute chronograph counter, thus providing symmetry to the dial. Audemars Piguet 26223RO.OO.D010CA.01, AP 26223RO.OO.D010CA.01
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