Audemars Piguet Code 11.59 Flying Tourbillon Pink Rose Gold Blue Sodalite Dial 38mm 26665OR.OO.D349CR.01

The Audemars Piguet Code 11.59 collection arrived as a bold statement from Le Brassus: a contemporary round dress watch that refuses to play it safe. Introduced to reaffirm Audemars Piguet's commitment to in-house complications and avant-garde design outside the Royal Oak universe, the Code 11.59 immediately distinguished itself with its distinctive multi-layered case architecture, octagonal middle section, and sapphire-crystal construction that floods the movement with light. Reference 26665OR.OO.D349CR.01 represents this vision at its most opulent.

At 38mm in diameter, the pink gold case of this Code 11.59 Flying Tourbillon occupies an elegant middle ground — substantial enough to command attention on the wrist yet refined enough to slip beneath a French cuff with ease. Pink gold lends the case and bezel a warm, rose-tinted brilliance that interacts beautifully with natural light, giving the watch a living, almost organic quality that photographs rarely fully capture.

The dial is fashioned from blue sodalite, a semi-precious stone prized for its deep, inky blue ground shot through with natural veining and tonal variation. No two sodalite dials are alike, making every example of ref. 26665OR.OO.D349CR.01 a genuinely unique object. The stone's celestial depth frames the flying tourbillon — positioned so that the rotating cage appears to float freely above the dial plane — in a way that invites prolonged, almost meditative contemplation.

Powering this reference is Audemars Piguet's flying tourbillon movement, a testament to the manufacture's centuries-old expertise in high complications. A flying tourbillon dispenses with the upper bridge that conventionally anchors the cage, allowing the entire rotating assembly to appear suspended in mid-air. Audemars Piguet's execution of this complication is executed to the exacting finishing standards expected of one of the founding members of the Vallée de Joux watchmaking tradition. The movement is visible through the exhibition case back, revealing the hand-bevelling, circular graining, and Geneva stripes that define true manufacture craftsmanship.

On the wrist, the Code 11.59 Flying Tourbillon in ref. 26665OR.OO.D349CR.01 arrives on a hand-stitched leather strap that complements the warmth of the pink gold and the depth of the sodalite dial. The combination reads as effortlessly dressed — equally at home at a black-tie event as at a serious collector's gathering. This is a watch that communicates taste, restraint, and a sophisticated understanding of what haute horlogerie truly means.

Bizak & Co. is proud to offer this reference brand new, providing collectors and enthusiasts in the United States and beyond with access to one of Audemars Piguet's most covetable current references. Our team of specialist advisors is available to answer every question, arrange a virtual or in-person viewing, and guide you through the purchase process with the care and expertise that a watch of this calibre deserves. Reach out to Bizak & Co. today and own the extraordinary.