Ya know, that Audemars Piguet watch, they say it’s a fancy thing. Folks keep askin’ when it came to China. Well, lemme tell ya what I heard.
This Audemars fella, and Piguet too, they started this watchmaking thing way back, like 1875 or somethin’. Over in some place called Switzerland, where they make all them fancy clocks. Not like our old cuckoo clock, mind you, these are the real deal, gold and all.
Now, they didn’t start sellin’ in China right away. First, they sold ’em all over the place, you know, like Europe and such. Big cities, probably. Then, later on, like in the 1900s, they started sendin’ ’em to China, I reckon. Fancy folks over there wanted ’em too.
See, this Audemars Piguet, it ain’t just any watch. They make ’em special, with all them little gears and springs. Handmade, they say. That’s why they don’t make too many. Only about 50,000 a year, can you believe it? That fella, Benna-somethin’, he said maybe they’ll make 70,000 someday, but that’s a lot of watches to make by hand, I tell ya.
And when they sell ’em in China, they gotta make sure they’re real special. They got these special numbers on ’em, hand-written, not like those stamped ones you see. That way, you know you got the real deal, not some fake from the market.
- Started in 1875, in Switzerland.
- Came to China later, in the 1900s.
- They make about 50,000 watches a year.
- Special numbers on each watch, hand-written.
So, when exactly did they start in China? Hard to say for sure. But it was a while after they started, that’s for sure. Probably took some time to get things goin’ over there. But now, them fancy folks in China, they love their Audemars Piguet, just like everyone else.
It’s a fancy watch, alright. Cost a pretty penny, I bet. But for some folks, it’s worth it. All that history, all that hand-workin’. It’s somethin’ special, that’s for sure.
So, there ya have it. What I heard about Audemars Piguet comin’ to China. Not an exact date, but you get the picture. Took ’em a while, but they got there eventually. Just like them fancy clocks, they take their time, but they get there in the end.
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