Is The John Mayer x AP Collaboration Already 2024’s Best Watch?
Some truths are self-evident - John Mayer loves watches and watches do seem to love John Mayer.
This much is obvious when you look at the musician/handsome devil’s sky-shattering collaboration with Audemars Piguet, a timepiece that is worth every syllable of praise that it’s bound to receive. Proclaimed in almost biblical fashion by AP as “the last iteration of the Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar limited edition equipped with the Manufacture’s self-winding Calibre 5134”, this is a watch that operates on another level, in every way.
A ‘crystal sky’ dial finish, unique to each of the 200 available pieces, exhibits what feels like an infinite shimmer that seems to expand endlessly, despite its brushed 18k white gold casing. This is a timepiece that speaks for the foundations of modern watch design whilst simultaneously communicating in a new language. The coveted calibre 5134, a truly great movement made up of no less than 372 parts, is alone worth the $180,700 that you’d pay for the watch.
I don’t say this lightly - if you only ever own one watch, you’d do damn well to make it this one.
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Meh.
180,700 bucks??
Read the room, WB.
Really?
It's alright, just seems a bit pompous and meh
Who?