Last 2006 the manufacture introduced a new escapement that functioned
at a less frenetic 21,600 vph, but even at that time tests had shown
that the AP escapement was able to running perfectly at 43,200 vph or 6
hertz-even without the lubrication in the pallet stones, which would
quickly dissipate at that speed anyway. The omission of lubricant solves
a problem that has plagued watchmakers provided that mechanical
timepieces have been with us: gumming or hardening on the oil.
This fresh escapement is dependant an invention by Parisian royal
clockmaker Robert Robin (1742-1799). He launched a new system in 1791
that combined the virtues of the two well-known escapements throughout,
so-called free-sprung escapement and one including energy transfer via
pallet fork and guard pin in the precursor towards modern Swiss lever
escapement as invented by Thosmas Mudge in 1759.
Audemars Piguet has succeeded in securing the benefits of both
systems in its new high-frequency escapement, solving the oil problem
and introducing a brand new and important aspect of the sport: rate
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