Audemars Piguet 3120 Manuel utilisateur
SELFWINDING
MOVEMENT
CALIBRES 3120 AND 3129
INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE
MODE D’EMPLOI
CALIBRES 3120 AND 3129
A DB
sa ns date
without date
DB
sa ns date
without date
A CB D
avec dat e
with date
CB D
avec dat e
with date
COURONNE VISSÉE -S
CREWED CROWN
COURONNE NON VISSÉE -
NOT SCREWED CROWN
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ENGLISH
INtroductIoN p 29
- THE MANUFACTURE AUDEMARS PIGUET
About tHE wAtcH p 32
- THE AUTOMATIC CALIBRE
- TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF
THE MOVEMENT
dEScrIptIoN of wAtcH p 38
- VIEWS OF THE MOVEMENT
- TECHNICAL DATA OF THE MOVEMENT
- SPECIFICITIES
uSE of fuNctIoNS p 42
- WATCH INDICATIONS AND FUNCTIONS
- SETTING THE TIME
- BALANCE STOP WHEN ADJUSTING HANDS
- WINDING THE WATCH
- RAPID DATE SETTING
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tAbLE of coNtENtS
GuArANtEE ANd cArE
All details concerning the guarantee and care
instructions of your watch are provided in the
certificate of origin and guarantee attached.
tHE MANufActurE
AudEMArS pIGuEt
THE VALLÉE DE JOUX:
CRADLE OF THE WATCHMAKER’S ART
In the heart of the Swiss Jura, around 50 kilometres
north of Geneva, nestles a landscape which has
retained its natural charm to this day : the Vallée
de Joux. Around the mid-18th century, the harsh
climate of this mountainous region and soil depletion
drove the farming community settled there to seek
other sources of income. With their high degree
of manual dexterity, inexhaustible creativity and
enormous determination, the inhabitants of the
valley, known as Combiers, were naturally drawn
to watchmaking.
Due to their high quality, the movements they
produced acquired great popularity with the Geneva
firms which used them to create complete watches.
From 1740 onwards, watchmaking developed into
the principal industry of the Vallée de Joux. This
region was thus transformed, as an 1881 chronicle
put it, “ into a land of milk and honey, in which
poverty has rapidly disappeared ”.
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wristwatches as well as designing new sophisticated,
ultra-thin movements. Perseverance and initiative
were the watchwords : while the Wall Street crash
in 1929 was a bitter blow, the company directors
were soon designing so-called
skeleton watches before embarking
on chronograph production. But
this new momentum was abruptly
interrupted by the Second World War.
Re-organisation was necessary in the
aftermath of the conflict. The factory
focused on creating top-of-the-range
items in keeping with its tradition of
innovation. A strategy that would
prove its worth, especially since it
was backed by outstanding creative
daring.
Audemars Piguet continued to build on its now
international reputation with creative designs.
1972 saw the launch of the Royal Oak, the first,
immediately successful high-quality sports watch
in steel, followed in 1986 by the first ultra-thin
tourbillon wristwatch with automatic winding. The
creative spirit of the Manufacture has not faltered
since, offering aesthetically original timekeepers
with outstanding movements. Thus it brought
watches with complications back into fashion at
the end of the 1980s, launching its extraordinary
Tradition d’Excellence collection in 1999. All the
signs of a bold spirit rooted firmly in tradition and
auguring well for the future.
TWO NAMES FOR A GREAT ADVENTURE
In 1875, two young men passionate about Haute
Horlogerie — Jules Louis Audemars and Edward
August Piguet — decided to pool their skills to
design and produce watches with complications in
the Vallée de Joux, the cradle of Haute Horlogerie.
Determination, imagination and discipline led them
to instant success. A branch in Geneva was their next
move in about 1885 and new commercial links were
forged at the 1889 Paris World Exposition, where
they exhibited complication pocket watches. The
AudemarsPiguet factory continued to expand as
the years went by. Its creations represented major
milestones in the history of Haute Horlogerie, like
the first minute repeater wristwatch in 1892 and
the smallest five-minute repeater movement ever
made in 1915.
From 1918 onwards, the founders passed the reins of
the business onto their sons, who in turn perfected
their expertise in manufacturing men's and ladies'
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tHE AutoMAtIc cALIbrE
Manufacture Audemars Piguet presents Calibres
3120 and 3129, two self-winding movements (with
or without numerical date display) that combine
functionality and precision timekeeping with the
highest standard of aesthetics.
TRADITION AND INNOVATION
Audemars Piguet has always striven to safeguard and
uphold its independence. This is why the company
developed its own method of crafting mechanisms,
particularly with the design of Audemars Piguet
calibres. Every aspect bears the unmistakable AP
signature – bridges arranged harmoniously side by
side, hand-finished and embellishments components –
and presents elegant equilibrium, further enhanced
by the angular balance cock.
THE AUTOMATIC CALIBRE
Calibres 3120 and 3129 by Audemars Piguet are
selfwinding movements. The movements of the wrist
produce the energy required for them to function.
This energy, harnessed by a 22 carat gold oscillating
weight, is transmitted to the mainspring by a
gear-train.
As it gradually winds around the barrel-arbor, the
spring accumulates energy that is then transmitted
to the watch movement at a steady rate.
The maximum power reserve is reached after a period
of time varying from several hours to several days,
depending on the owner and the amount of activity.
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tEcHNIcAL SpEcIfIcAtIoNS
of tHE MovEMENt
REGULATING ORGAN
Through balance bridge 1:
Guarantees high precision positioning of the
balance and greater degree of shock resistance, thus
ensuring greater timekeeping precision.
Balance with 8 variable inertia blocks 2:
Balance with variable inertia moment thanks to
eight inertia blocks used to adjust the running of
the watch without altering the active length of the
balance-spring.
Second stop lever for the time setting function 3:
Pull the crown to the position for setting the time.
This activates the second stop lever. This allows you
to stop the second counter hand immediately and
set the precise time.
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GEAR TRAIN
A train produced according to AP quality standards
fulfils the following criteria :
Pinions are polished 1.
The pivots and sweep of the pivots are burnished.
The non-functional surfaces of the wheels are
gold-plated and adorned with a circular pattern 2,
the arms are bevelled and the edges are diamond-
tipped.
After being gold-plated, the teeth of the wheel are
milled to ensure a geometrically and functionally
flawless surface 3.
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AUTOMATIC WINDING
This calibre meets the following standards :
Extremely low friction at the wheels and springs.
Rapid winding in both directions 1.
Barrel with large power reserve (approx. 60 hours)
2.
22-carat gold rotor mounted on ceramic ball-
bearings 3.
DATE MECHANISM
(MODEL WITH DATE DISPLAY ONLY)
The date display fulfils the following criteria :
Instantaneous date jump at midnight via the date
jumper train 1.
Fast correction of date disc via the correction
star 2.
Date disc guided by slides and resting on rubies
to reduce friction.
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Calibre 3120
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dEScrIptIoN of wAtcH
vIEwS of tHE MovEMENt
Dial side
Caseback side
TECHNICAL DATA OF THE MOVEMENT
Total thickness : 4.26 mm
Total diameter : 26.60 mm
Frequency : 21,600 vibrations/hour (3 Hz)
Number of jewels : 40
Minimal power reserve : approx. 60 hours
Bidirectional automatic winding
Balance with variable inertia blocks
Flat balance-spring
Screwed mobile stud-holder
Number of parts : 280
SPECIFICITIES
Stop balance when setting time
(stops second hand)
Rotor mounted on ceramic ball bearing, with
oscillating weight segment in 22 carat gold
Bevels of the bridges are diamond graved
Reversed circular Côtes de Genève on the bridge
trottoirs
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