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Style Edit: Audemars Piguet reveals new Royal Oak Minis and Neo Frame Jumping Hour

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The new Audemars Piguet Neo Frame Jumping Hour is compact and resolutely graphic, with a design that draws on a reference created at the height of the Streamline Moderne movement in the 1920s. Photo: Handout
The new Audemars Piguet Neo Frame Jumping Hour is compact and resolutely graphic, with a design that draws on a reference created at the height of the Streamline Moderne movement in the 1920s. Photo: Handout
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Two very different approaches to making a head-turning timepiece – one recalls a sleek 1929 reference, the other a jewel-like aesthetic

Audemars Piguet has kicked off 2026 by looking both forward and back – revisiting a design language born in the interwar years while refining the proportions of its most recognisable icon. The result is a study in contrast: the architectural Neo Frame Jumping Hour and two jewel-like additions to the Royal Oak Mini collection.
The Audemars Piguet Neo Frame Jumping Hour exudes a sculptural coherence. Photo: Handout
The Audemars Piguet Neo Frame Jumping Hour exudes a sculptural coherence. Photo: Handout

The Neo Frame Jumping Hour is, at first glance, a departure. Rectangular, compact and resolutely graphic, it draws on a 1929 reference created at the height of the Streamline Moderne movement. Its 18k pink gold case, measuring 32.6mm by 34mm, is flanked by eight vertical gadroons on each side – fluted lines that taper into pointed lugs, evoking the aerodynamic silhouettes of ocean liners and locomotives. The motif continues across the crown, caseback and even the oscillating weight, underscoring the watch’s sculptural coherence.

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