Audemars Piguet expands its Code 11.59 Supersonnerie offerings

The “Supersonnerie” debuted in 2015’s Royal Oak Concept collection and distinguishes itself from conventional sonneries by featuring gongs mounted on a sound board instead of the main plate of the movement, behind a caseback with openings. The effect is sharpened clarity and expanded volume, hence the “super” moniker. At the same time, three gongs and hammers (“carillon”) are used in place of the traditional dual-gong setup, so that the quarter hours can be sounded with three successive notes (high, middle and low) instead of two.

Driven by the manual-wind cal. 2956 that is a symphony of 498 parts, the Code 11.59 Grande Sonnerie Carillon Supersonnerie will sound the time over a minimum 48 hours of power reserve, with a selector that allows the wearer to choose between grand strike (hour and quarter hours), small strike (hours only), or horror of horrors, silent mode.