(Photo Credit: Audemars Piguet)This is a combination of posts that were originally published in April 2009, following my visit to the Audemars Piguet manufacture in Le Brassus. Click "more" to view the entire tour (37 photos, 4 slideshows, 1 video).I visited Basel, Switzerland in March, to attend the 2009 Baselworld show.And because I was already in Switzerland for the show, I decided to visit the Audemars Piguet factory as well. So after replica Cartier w62018y5 watch my final day in Basel, I took a 3-hour train ride to Geneva. The following morning, I traveled about an hour to the Audemars Piguet factory and headquarters in Le Brassus - located in the Joux Vallée. (Part I) AP: Forged
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