Winding Index: Audemars Piguet Winding Settings

This page is Audemars Piguet's entry in the Winding Index — our census of how automatic watches wind, built from 4,302 audited model records. It is the data page: the settings Audemars Piguet actually uses, counted across the range. For winder recommendations for this brand, see our Best Watch Winder for Audemars Piguet buying guide; for an individual model's exact setting, the TPD settings index.

Audemars Piguet in numbers

Models counted	136
Median setting	650 TPD
Most common setting	650 TPD (54% of models)
Range	600–820 TPD
Direction	76% bidirectional · 12% clockwise only · 12% counter-clockwise only
Distinct settings used	5

The story in the data

Audemars Piguet splits into two camps. The median model sits at 650 TPD (54% of 136 models), but 53 models — nearly two in five — need 800, and a handful of calibre records reach 820. Which camp a Royal Oak falls into follows its movement generation, so the model check earns its keep.

Direction is the most balanced in the haute tier: 76% bidirectional, with the one-direction minority split evenly between clockwise (12%) and counter-clockwise (12%). AP is also one of the few haute brands whose range dips to 600 TPD — a pair of Royal Oak Offshore chronograph records — so "expensive means hungry" is not the whole story here.

Extremes and spread

A 600 TPD floor (Royal Oak Offshore chronographs) and an 820 ceiling across a 136-model range: AP spans nearly the full mainstream-to-haute spectrum.

Setting	Models
650 TPD	73
800 TPD	53
820 TPD	6
600 TPD	2
680 TPD	2

Against the average watch

Median matches the all-watch 650, but the bimodal 650/800 split and balanced direction profile make AP less predictable than the average brand. Across all 4,302 watches in the Index, the median is 650 TPD, 90.2% of watches need between 650 and 800 TPD, and 39.3% wind in one direction only. The full census is in the Winding Index report; how the data was audited is on the methodology page.

Frequently asked questions

What TPD does a Audemars Piguet need?

Most likely 650 TPD — that is the median across the 136 Audemars Piguet models in the Winding Index, and the most common single setting is 650 TPD (54% of models). Settings are per-model, though: check yours in the TPD database before programming a winder.

Which way should a winder turn for a Audemars Piguet?

Audemars Piguet's direction profile in the Index is 76% bidirectional, 12% clockwise only and 12% counter-clockwise only. A bidirectional programme is the safe setting for this brand.