70 JEWELLERY
AN ARTISANAL EVOCATION OF THE VALLÉE DE JOUX
The new jewellery collection brings the aesthetic codes of the Royal Oak in conversation with Audemars Piguet’ s home in the Vallée de Joux
through evocative motifs, symbolic textures, colour gradients and material sensations.
The valley’ s multifaceted landscape is first reinterpreted in the Dream of Joux line through sophisticated gemsetting adding depth, rhythmic harmony and sensual resonance to its bold architecture. Frozen lakes, clear night skies and floral motifs come to life in a series of one-of-akind 18-carat white, yellow and pink gold cuffs, enriched with a palette of deep blues, vibrant greens, vivid pinks and solar tones. Each design is created using carefully selected gemstones, including diamonds, sapphires, spessartites, tourmalines, amethysts, tsavorites and topazes. The Dream of Joux line also encompasses a set of matching tie necklace and drop earrings evoking a wintry wonderland with their cascading pear-shaped diamonds and anodised blue titanium links snow set with blue sapphires. Varying in diameter, the sapphires are set side by side to completely cover the links and studs, giving them a unique shimmer.
The Risoud Eclipse alludes to the Vallée de Joux’ s pivotal role for celestial observation, reimagining the Risoud Forest under a shadowed sky, with the subtle halo of an eclipse. The line’ s inaugural necklace and matching cuff feature black PVD titanium links and studs, offset by striking central sugarloaf emeralds surrounded by brilliant-cut diamonds. The emeralds’ conical facets have been meticulously ground and polished to let the light in from all angles and bring out their vibrant colour. The Manufacture’ s alternation of satin brushing and polished chamfers gracing the links and studs amplifies the stones’ lustre.
Lastly, a distinct series of cuffs and necklaces sparkling with 18-carat white, pink and yellow Frosted Gold captures the ever-changing luminosity of the Vallée de Joux. Based on an ancient Florentine technique, this decoration pattern was developed in collaboration with jewellery designer Carolina Bucci in 2016 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Royal Oak for women and has since become one of Audemars Piguet’ s signature finishes. The diamond dust effect, achieved by gently hammering the precious metal with a diamondtipped tool, is accentuated by mirror-polished studs and polished chamfers for endless light effects.
THE ART OF LUXURY ISSUE 79 2026