- Overnight, Audemars Piguet announced the arrival of an entirely new collection of watches in 2026, with the Neo Frame Jumping Hour a genuine standout.
- Inspired by the Art Deco elegance of the 1930s, the pink gold watch represents the debut of the entirely new Neo Frame collection.
- The Audemars Piguet Neo Frame Jumping Hour joins the catalogue with an RRP of CHF56,300 (~AU$103,000) and availability through the brand’s boutiques and AP Houses.
In the most surprising release from Audemars Piguet since the arrival of the CODE 11:59 in 2019, the Le Brassus-based watchmaker has debuted the all-new Neo Frame Jumping Hour.
Not only is this the start of a new range for Audemars Piguet, the Neo Frame collection, but it’s also an unusual, historically inspired new reference that nods back to the Art Deco era of the 1920s and ’30s.
Audemars Piguet has made a handful of jumping hour watches over the years, but most were paired with a minute repeater chiming complication within the “John Shaeffer” collection, making this a rare addition to the brand’s catalogue. Additionally, with the exception of the [RE]Master models that are proudly and directly inspired by vintage references, this is one of the very few modern watches from Audemars Piguet that looks backwards for inspiration. Likely, a vintage reference like this Heure Sautante from 1929.
For anyone who loves classically proportioned, elegant dress watches, this will be an instant winner. Cased in pink gold, it measures 34mm wide, 47.1mm lug-to-lug, and 8.8mm thick, making it a nicely sized watch for a range of different wrists, and it arrives paired with a black calfskin textured leather strap.
The real eye-catcher is the front of the case, which is black PVD-coated and covered with a flat sapphire crystal that’s been bonded directly to the dial, contrasting nicely with the warm tones of the visible pink gold case flanks. The top window is for the hours, while the curved, bottom aperture communicates the “trailing” minutes.
Inside is an entirely new calibre from Audemars Piguet, specifically, the automatic calibre 7122 that promises a decent 52 hours of power reserve when fully wound. The movement is based on the calibre 7121 that’s found in the Jumbo Royal Oak models, and is the brand’s first jump hour movement with automatic winding.
Last year, I wrote that jump hour watches were back in vogue, seriously for the first time since the 1970s, following the release of new models from the likes of Cartier, Louis Vuitton, Chanel, and Jaeger-LeCoultre. Now Audemars Piguet has joined the party, further cementing it as one of the hottest forms of time-telling in the game today.
The Audemars Piguet Neo Frame Jumping Hour joins the catalogue with an RRP of CHF56,300 (~AU$103,000) and availability through the brand’s boutiques and AP Houses.
