Audemars Piguet 4302 Ultra-Thin Movement: Perfected Active Caliber Analysis

Audemars Piguet watch movement level? Audemars Piguet completed the renewal of the Royal Oak, the launch of a new generation of 15500 Oak, the biggest change is the selection of 4302 active movement, from now on Audemars Piguet open to a new movement mode, then such an ultra-thin movement in the end how? It has what characteristics we will analyze today.

1) Comparison of old and new Audemars Piguet movements

Audemars Piguet before the use of the 3120 caliber, this movement was once called "perfect active movement" in 2000, this time 4302 active movement is in accordance with the basis of the 3120 caliber was perfected, in the end, the 3120 caliber is Audemars Piguet's essence of the caliber, has always been appropriate and stable, the data of the 4302 are Bidirectional winding, scale 32 mm, now Audemars Piguet customary movement in the scale Z large, thick 4.8 mm is also now customary movement in the thinner, 32 jewel bearings and 70 hours of kinetic energy reserves, equipment is not low.

2) Divide Audemars Piguet's new 4302 movement

22K balance wheel and ceramic track bearing

The active tourbillon of the Audemars Piguet caliber 4302, in 22K gold. The equipment is not low, most similar watches still use 18K gold, inheriting the essence of the Audemars Piguet family, the active tourbillon made of three compartments carved, the castle logo, as well as the horse logo, the star logo, together is Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet meaning. The active tourbillon utilizes the latest bearing ball technology, ceramic track ball.

Finely polished ruby bearings

After removing the active tourbillon, we are able to see the fine polishing method of Audemars Piguet's new movement, the Geneva stripes are polished on the main plate, and we can see that most of the important parts of the ruby bearings have been selected to increase the degree of wear resistance, and various kinds of chamfering have been selected to polish the places where the plates are linked to each other, which is a very beautiful polishing of the movement and is even more finely polished than the previous generation of the movement.

6 fine adjustment weights

Audemars Piguet in order to ensure precision in the balance of the hairspring balance wheel on the choice of weights fine-tuning, together we can see, in the center of the balance wheel cleat, there is a triangular hairspring outside the pile, it is fixed in the hairspring outside the pile, vibration and bad environment of the time is still unaffected, the 4302 caliber on the six fine-tuning weights on the balance wheel. 3-armed balance wheel stability, the use of Incabloc shock absorbers, a new generation of movement accuracy is even higher.

Tips Summary: Perhaps many entry-level watch friends of Audemars Piguet new 4302 movement is not very well known, so to speak, his classic degree than the Rolex 3235 movement, the link of this promotion is also like Rolex 3135 movement to 3235 movement span, of course, the Audemars Piguet movement of the whole polishing and the use of precious metals is higher than the Rolex two grades, but the movement of the planning style of the typical The structure and style of the Swiss watch is classic and durable. The level of Audemars Piguet movement belongs to the level of the first-tier watches.