Sunday Reads: Stopping Time with the Vintage Audemars Piguet Chronograph

Audemars Piguet has been crafting exceptional chronograph watches since our origins in 1875. Accurately measuring the passage of time has been an essential tool in virtually all aspects of life: exploration, navigation, science, military, medicine, sports, racing and, recreation.

From 1930 through 1950, Audemars Piguet produced a very limited number of chronograph wristwatches – a total of only 286 examples were made during this 20 year period. Sold between 1934 and 1961, these 286 chronographs epitomize Audemars Piguet’s tremendous creative diversity with varying dimensions, stylized case and lug designs, beautiful dial finishes and exceptional column wheel chronograph movements.

Vintage Audemars Piguet chronograph watches have become highly sought after within the collecting community, and unusual, well preserved examples typically result in passionate bidding wars when they do appear at auction. They are also amongst the rarest of high end vintage chronographs of the period as they were produced in very limited quantities compared to chronographs from other principal watch manufactures.

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Seth Semilof co-founded Haute Living and, with business partner Kamal Hotchandani, launched Knockoff Watches Wholesale, the brands' luxury timepiece site, to educate buyers about the best watches in the world and to showcase the passion of collectors and the CEOs who lead the great maisons. His love of watches began early: a TAG Heuer at 13, an Omega at 16, and his first Rolex at 20. Through Knockoff Watches Wholesale he has been honored to visit the greatest watch manufactures in the world and meet the master watchmakers behind them. He has also personally featured private collections exclusive to Knockoff Watches Wholesale, taking readers inside the watch boxes of Kevin Hart, Carmelo Anthony, Tony Robbins and Swizz Beatz.