Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 07, 2005

LOT 316

?Métropolis? Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Jules Audemars - Métropolis - Quantième Perpétuel?, No. 548484, case No. E 56720. Made circa 2000. Very fine and rare, ?World Time,? self-winding, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar and a platinum Audemars Piguet deployant clasp.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, straight lugs, transparent case back with 5 screws, push button at 5 to adjust the world time function, sapphire crystals. D. Textured off-white with applied white gold dots and stylized Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the days date, and months, with leap year and at 6 the world time indication for major cities with revolving white/blue 24 hours. White gold "feuille" hands. M. Cal. 2120/4, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 40 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance-spring, skeletonized and hand-engraved rotor with 21K gold segment. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness: 11 mm.