Audemars Piguet was founded in 1875 by Jules Louis Audemars and Edward Auguste Piguet in Le Brassus. It is one of the world's last independent, family-owned haute horlogerie houses. The brand made history in 1972 with the Royal Oak, a pioneering luxury steel sports watch. Today it continues to push creative and technical boundaries with sophisticated complications and avant-garde designs that build on its Swiss heritage.