AUDEMARS
PIGUET
CALIBRE
2120/2800
CHAPTER V
The calibre 2120/2800 turned out to be a revolutionary
movement, not only for Audemars Piguet, but also for the
Swiss watch industry in general.
Launched in 1978 during the height of the quartz crisis as
quartz-regulated watches threatened to sweep away nearly
500 years of watchmaking history, this extremely thin
movement demonstrated that there was still a future for
traditional complicated watchmaking.
The calibre 2120/2800 did not come about as the result of a management meeting, nor was it part of a 5-year or 10-year strategic
plan. It was the brainch