The watchmaker from Brassus has just “remastered” a 1940s military-inspired chronograph and breathed life into a limited edition that upholds the key stylistic codes of the original piece.
“Remastered”: digitizing an audio or video recording that was originally recorded in analog form. This time, we are not dealing with a cassette tape, but a watch designed by Audemars Piguet, whose name [Re]master01 suggests a close connection with the past. In fact, this limited edition of 500 pieces draws on the vintage look of the 1943 chronograph, especially the two-tone case and champagne-colored dial.
While the original timepiece was only 36 mm, a rather heavy diameter at the time, the [Re]master01 flaunts a more modern and unisex 40 mm. The steel case features curved teardrop-shaped lugs sculpted from the same metal. The rounded bezel, fluted crown and olive-shaped pushers, on the other hand, are all crafted in rose gold. This two-tone ensemble is powered by the in-house calibre 4409, an automatic chronograph movement with flyback function that beats at 4 Hz and offers a 70-hour power reserve.
In addition to the refined gold hue, the brushed dial features key graphic features of Audemars Piguet’s 1943 watch, such as the blue tachymeter scale and high-precision minute tracker running along the flange, slim black printed hour markers and numeral 12, and a rose gold baton-style hands duo for the chronograph and running minutes. However, even if the blue chronograph direct drive remains centrally located, the counter layout has changed. The small seconds hand is now set at 6 o’clock, the minute totaliser (engraved in red 4/5, used for half-time timing in football matches) at 9 o’clock, and the hour-seconds hand at 3 o’clock.
The [Re]master01 is wrapped around the wrist with a natural-coloured calfskin strap with beige stitching on the edges, and attached with a steel pin buckle, or, if you prefer, a brown alligator strap.
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