Introducing: Audemars Piguet’s New Atelier Des Établisseurs

The first of the three creations announced at Watches and Wonders is the Établisseurs Galets, conceptualized by independent designer Xavier J. Perrenoud, which pays tribute to the pebbles of the Lac de Joux, a lake near AP’s Le Brassus headquarters. In this watch, a completely asymmetrical bracelet, crafted by Genevan jeweler Nadia Morgenthaler, consists of pebble-shaped gold links of varying sizes, connected via tiny ball joints. 

These gold links are inlaid with semi-precious stones in the Cossonay workshops of Mario Senape—this first version pairs yellow gold with turquoise and tiger’s eye stones. Perhaps the most impressive detail here is that the stones are all shaped, with not a single flat edge or surface in sight. A jeweler’s clasp with two safety pins and a spring blade is integrated into the bottom of the bracelet, and highly stylized removable links are also set with stones.