Jules Louis Audemars and Edward Auguste Piguet wrote the first pages in the rich history of our Manufacture. Proud members of the tightly knit network of artisans in the Vallée de Joux, they established their firm in 1875. Striking mechanisms, chronographs and astronomical complications were and are the domain of Audemars Piguet.

Of the approximately 1,500 watches produced by Audemars Piguet between 1882 and 1892, the company ledgers demonstrate that over 80% of them included at least one complication, and in many instances, numerous complications. 

Audemars Piguet is the only high-end watchmaking company still in the hands of its founding families. This sense of lineage and heritage has always been essential.

Throughout the years, Audemars Piguet watchmakers have surpassed technical and theoretical boundaries to craft ever more demanding mechanisms. True artisans, they define and evolve Haute Horlogerie, mastering the rules only to break them.

The brand has spent more than 140 years mastering the conception, construction and production of complications. As such, our entire philosophy revolves around these rare, precious and consistently unique creations. Here you'll discover how our mastery of complications has become the ultimate display of our Savoir-Faire.