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\n\t\t\tYOON AHN AND VERBAL SPILL THE TEA ON THEIR AUDEMARS PIGUET COLLAB<\/span>
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The duo have masterminded a Royal Oak Concept Flying Tourbillon, graduating from AP collectors to collaborators in the process. And they spoke to Wonderland<\/em> all about it.\u00a0<\/h3>\n
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If last week\u2019s AP x Swatch Royal Pop-induced hysteria<\/a> showed us one thing, it\u2019s that boat loads of people want a slice of Audemars Piguet. That includes Yoon Ahn, creative director and co-founder of fashion and jewellery label AMBUSH<\/a> and her partner<\/a>, music producer, fellow co-founder, and chief executive Verbal (born Ryu Yeong-gi). But they aren\u2019t just stacking them, they\u2019re making timepieces with the Maison. Yep, the duo has teamed up to take the Royal Oak Concept collection into its next chapter. \u201cWe have done lots of collaborations, but this was special because it was actually the first very mechanical luxury item we\u2019ve had to work on,\u201d says Ahn. \u201cI knew the approach was going to take time in terms of process, approval, and testing, which took about three years to complete.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Royal Oak Concept was first introduced up in 2002 to celebrate the Royal Oak \u2013 the legendary sports watch inspired by the porthole of a ship and designed by watchmaking GOAT G\u00e9rald Genta in 1972 \u2013\u00a0as it turned 30. And it\u2019s been the watch where some of Audemars Piguet\u2019s craziest creations have flourished. Take 2002\u2019s OG, the CW1 and its combination of a titanium base plate and bridges and shock-protecting tourbillon bridge, or 2024\u2019s mad collab with artist KAWS, as examples.<\/p>\n

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Ahn and Verbal\u2019s three-years-in-the-making addition to the series (limited to just 150 pieces) is a 38.5 mm titanium beast. Your eyes will likely lock onto the hypnotic tourbillon anodised in red, reflective of its role at the watch\u2019s heart and also nodding to the colour of the earth\u2019s core (which if you deep it, is basically the start of all of time, like a mega movement powering all of us). It contrasts with a deep black aventurine dial, encompassed by mirror-polished silver-grey toned bevels.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Adding to the watch\u2019s oomph are 18-carat white gold hands with lume for visibility, and there\u2019s a minute track on the inner bezel. And in case you needed any reminding of how serious the AP watchmakers<\/a> in Le Brassus take this stuff, look at the Calibre 2982 <\/strong>movement. It\u2019s made specifically for Yoon & Verbal\u2019s Royal Oak Concept Flying Tourbillon shown off through an openworked design. If you fancy, you can change over from a black strap to a red version, too. Other than that, the watch has a time-only display, to avoid overdoing things. \u201cI was wanting to see how minimal and beautiful we could make it,\u201d says Ahn, who admired the Concept series from afar until she got the chance to create a scaled-down watch suited to smaller wrists.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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A combined aesthetic push isn\u2019t a surprise, given the duo\u2019s shared love of the Royal Oak. It was the first luxury timepiece that Ahn bought with a hefty paycheck. Take a quick scroll through her IG, and you\u2019ll see her love for stripped-back time and date models (she intends to wear her latest creation with everything from sweatpants to evening dresses). Verbal, familiar with AP\u2019s standing in the music sphere, is the proud owner of the OG Royal Oak Concept from 2002, favouring more complicated watches generally. Now, they\u2019ve got the best of both worlds with their collab piece, pairing high horology with a design approach that favours necessity. \u201cThe pieces that we collect, especially, are very unique. We always seek moment pieces, something that drove new innovation, and obviously looks good using new types of materials. [Yoon] likes it simple, I\u2019m more of a complication guy,\u201d says Verbal.<\/p>\n

Sharing a crush on rare watches is one thing. But making them called for a different approach than what they\u2019ve done previously. The duo\u2019s usual work spans from lighter holder necklaces and slogan rings (we\u2019re looking at you 2008 POW! rings) to tweed jackets, and sell-out sneakers, with Pharrell Williams, Zendaya<\/a>, and Rihanna as fans. The Concept series required them to slow down, and recalibrate. \u201cWe work in this very [fast-paced] fashion calendar. As much as we like to think like we\u2019re working on things that could last a long time, fashion is a little bit more celebrated when it creates the urgency of what\u2019s now and then we want the next new thing,\u201d says Ahn. \u201cBeing able to work on this helped us [and] helped me, especially as a designer, to think long-term more, and also to start focusing on the things that really matter within the design space.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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What mattered with this project? Size, tourbillons, titanium cases, and colour. The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept Flying Tourbillon x Yoon & Verbal has them all. It\u2019s positioned well to whet the horological appetite of ardent collectors this year, alongside buzzy releases like the Chanel J12 Diamond Tourbillon Calibre 5, and Vacheron Constantin<\/a> Overseas Tourbillon Deep Red. But it goes beyond mad scientist-tier craft. Through its latest partnership, Audemars Piguet has turbocharged its watchmaking with a design language built through fashion, jewellery, and music and scaled it down to a size that suits more wrists. If you\u2019re wondering what that feels like, take it from collector turned collaborator Ahn: \u201cFinally we have the size that just sits perfectly, even on my thin wrist,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s like you\u2019ve finally found your Cinderella shoes.\u201d<\/p>\n

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