First stone laid for Audemars Piguet’s Maison des Fondateurs

The first stone of the new Audemars Piguet Museum, Maison des Fondateurs, was laid on March 30, 2017. Imagined by Danish architect Bjarke Ingels, the Maison pairs the original museum, established in the historic Audemars family house, with a futuristic spiral emerging from the fields, entirely supported by curved glass walls. The ceremony, in the presence of Jasmine Audemars, Chairwoman of the Audemars Piguet Board of Directors, project partners, and other officials, also saw two watchmakers place the 333 parts needed to assemble a Royal Oak in a waterproof case, before sealing it and burying it under the foundations of the future building – a horological time capsule.