Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Carbon Concept Tourbillon

The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Carbon Concept Tourbillon, reference 26265FO.OO.D002CR.01, is a truly amazing watch. It has a forged carbon case as well as a forged carbon movement, which makes the watch unusually light weight. The two combined is a first for Audemars Piguet. It has the exclusive hand-wound Audemars Piguet Calibre 2895 movement which is composed of 384 parts and includes a chronograph. The time and ingenuity that went into making the watch does not come cheap, msrp for the Carbon Concept Tourbillon is $251,100 USD.

The forged carbon case is 44 mm by 15.85 mm thick and has a case-back ring in black PVD-coated titanium. It also has a ceramic bezel and is water resistant to 100 meters. The hand-wound with tourbillon Calibre 2895 movement is 33.80 mm by 12.01 mm thick, it has 34 jewels and a power reserve of 237 hours. The display of the watch is integrated onto the movement and the face has a graduated dial ring with luminescent hour-markers and white minute markers. The strap is hand-sewn alligator leather that has a Audemars Piguet folding clasp made of titanium.