The Perfect Watch for Tony Stark? - AP Royal Oak Tourbillon Extra-Thin

Try walking into an Audemars Piguet boutique and asking for one of these Royal Oak Tourbillon Extra-Thin models. Just try it and if you do, I wish you good luck!

After we miraculously got our hands on three of these models, including two of the newer sunburst “Evolutive” dial versions (one in 18-cart pink gold and one in hammered white gold), we began our YouTube scavenger hunt for videos on these pieces. While we found some that featured the prior version with the watch, the one with the Petite Tapisserie (“checkerboard”) dial (like the stainless steel version reference 26510ST.OO.1220ST.01), there was nothing about the sunburst versions.

That's when we knew that we had to make this review video. People just needed to witness the breathtaking and macro footage of these amazing, 8.95-mm-thin pieces of horology!

The calibre 2924 movement of Audemars Piguet Extra-Thin tourbillons consists of 216 parts and 25 jewels and beats at 3 oscillations per second or 21,600 vibrations per hour. On the video, you'll get to witness it through the 6 o'clock opening housing the tourbillon on the dial side, as well as through a dazzling, clear caseback. There you'll also find the 70-hour power reserve indicator, which you'll see in action when we wind the watch near the middle of the video.

Some critics might argue that because a tourbillon is not really more precise than well-constructed, mechanical watch, there is no point in buying a extravagant piece like the Extra-Thins on our video. And the reality is that they're technically right! Tourbillons just don't offer connoisseurs the same relative benefits they did in Louis Breguet's pocket watch days, over 200 years ago. But when you come to think about it, does that even matter?

Not for these pieces in the slightest! Take the $250,000 white gold version of the watch (reference number 26520BC.GG.1224BC.01), the one that's limited to 5 pieces on the planet. They're so sold out that you may have to sacrifice your first born if you even want to get within 10 feet of one!

And how about the rose gold Extra-Thin version of the tourbillon? They're sold out too. Yup, collectors don't seem to care that these tourbillons no longer serve a practical purpose in our high-tech world!

00:09 Rose Gold (ref. #26522OR.OO.1220OR.01) and White Gold Extra-Thin Tourbillons
01:25 Brief History of the Tourbillon (going back to 1801)
02:27 Calibre 2924 Movement & Power Reserve
03:17 The Regular Royal Oak vs the Tourbillon – Which is Better?
05:45 Price & Limited Availability of the Royal Oak Tourbillon

What are your thoughts on the AP Tourbillon Extra-Thin? Would you consider this a worthy Holy Grail watch? Let us know in a comment below, as well as what other luxury watch models you would like us to feature on our videos.
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