Important Collectors’ Wristwatches Po...

New York, Mar 15, 2006

LOT 197

"Quantième Perpétuel" Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Quantième Perpétuel Automatique", No. 136. Made in the 1990s. Very fine, astronomic, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with Mother-of-pearl dial, perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K yellow gold Audemars Piguet buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, transparent case back, stepped bezel, sapphire crystals. D. Mother-of-pearl with applied gold bâton indexes, subsidiary dials for the days of the month, of the week, the months and the age of the moon, aperture for the moon phases. Yellow gold ?bâton? hands. M. Cal. 2120/2, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 38 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shockabsorber, self compensating flat balance-spring, 21K gold rotor segment. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness: 8 mm.