Audemars Piguet Celebrates 150 Years Of Time, Talent & Transformation At Dubai Watch Week

Time has always been more than a measure for Audemars Piguet, standing as a canvas for creativity.

This year, as the Swiss watchmaker celebrates its 150th anniversary, it returned to Dubai Watch Week with The House of Wonders – an immersive exhibition inviting visitors to explore the heritage, craftsmanship and collaborative spirit that have shaped Audemars Piguet since 1875.

With this experience, the Manufacture doesn’t just invite us to look back; it offers the chance to look closer at craftsmanship as culture, at time as art, at a century and a half of moments made to last.

From 19 to 23 November, Burj Park transformed into a slice of Le Brassus, the Swiss village where Audemars Piguet’s story began in 1875. Stepping inside feels like entering a living timepiece, divided into a sequence of rooms blending history, innovation and emotion. Visitors wandered through the Gallery of Time and the Vault of Design, explored the brand’s most intricate calibres in the Mechanical Secrets, and peered into the future of horology in The Lab.

It’s fitting that this journey arrives in Dubai – a city that mirrors AP’s own tempo: bold and innovative. As one of the oldest fine watchmakers still owned by its founding families, Audemars Piguet has always existed between worlds – the past and the future, craftsmanship and technology, the precision of engineering and the poetry of design.

This duality is echoed in the Code 11.59 by Audemars Piguet – a collection that quietly rebels against expectations. For Dubai Watch Week, GRAZIA joins friend of the brand Dima Sheikhly in celebrating the collection by capturing its elegance and edge in motion.

The 38mm Selfwinding models are a study in proportion and poise. Rendered in 18-carat pink gold, their embossed ivory and violet dials shift subtly under light, pairing architectural lines with softness. Inside, Calibre 5900 offers 60 hours of power reserve and beats at a frequency of 4Hz.

Equally hypnotic are the new Flying Tourbillon references, featuring dials carved from natural stone – ruby root, blue sodalite or green malachite – echoing the brand’s stone-dial legacy from the 1960s. Each piece is as individual as its wearer, merging technical mastery with emotional resonance.