Watchmaking photography, Audemars Piguet Code 11.59 watch held in gloved hands, Le Brassus, by Scanderbeg Sauer

Audemars Piguet, Le Brassus, Switzerland

Audemars Piguet commissioned documentation of the manufacturing process behind the Code 11.59 case – one of the more technically demanding components the manufacture produces. The case requires a sequence of specialized tooling and hand-finishing steps to achieve its multifaceted curved geometry. We photographed each stage in the production chain: from raw material to the finished surface. The brief was precision, not atmosphere.

More watchmaking work: H. Moser & Cie., Omega, Patek Philippe, and Richard Mille.

Watchmaking photography, Audemars Piguet Code 11.59 cases in production tray, Le Brassus, by Scanderbeg Sauer
Watchmaking photography, Audemars Piguet Code 11.59 case polishing by hand, Le Brassus, by Scanderbeg Sauer
Watchmaking photography, Audemars Piguet watchmaker at work with loupe in manufacture atelier, Le Brassus, by Scanderbeg Sauer
Watchmaking photography, Audemars Piguet Code 11.59 case quality control on precision measurement machine, Le Brassus, by Scanderbeg Sauer
Watchmaking photography, Audemars Piguet watchmaker at microscope in manufacture atelier, Le Brassus, by Scanderbeg Sauer
Watchmaking photography, Audemars Piguet robotic arm above watch case blanks production line, Le Brassus, by Scanderbeg Sauer
Watchmaking photography, Audemars Piguet CNC milling watch case Code 11.59, Le Brassus, by Scanderbeg Sauer
Watchmaking photography, Audemars Piguet Code 11.59 case hand-finishing, Le Brassus, by Scanderbeg Sauer
Watchmaking photography, Audemars Piguet watchmaker hand-finishing Code 11.59 case, Le Brassus, by Scanderbeg Sauer
Watchmaking photography, Audemars Piguet precision measuring instrument for Code 11.59 case, Le Brassus, by Scanderbeg Sauer
Watchmaking photography, Audemars Piguet watchmaker inspecting Code 11.59 case component, Le Brassus, by Scanderbeg Sauer
Watchmaking photography, Audemars Piguet Code 11.59 case on precision tooling fixture, multifaceted curved geometry, Le Brassus, by Scanderbeg Sauer
Watchmaking photography, Audemars Piguet watchmaker examining Code 11.59 case, Le Brassus, by Scanderbeg Sauer
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