Important Collectors Wristwatches Po...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 21, 1995
LOT 658
Audemars Piguet, Swiss, No. 12590, ebauche begun in 1911, completed and sold in 1923. Very elegant and extremely rare 18 ct. white gold and enamel, very slim, minute repeating, keyless Art Deco, moon phase astronomical dress-watch with perpetual calendar, split second chronograph and progressive 60 minute recorder.
CHF 120,000 - 130,000
C. Double body, massive, "demi-bassine", polished and satiné, the bezels, pendant and bow with a black champlevé enamelled decoration in a Greek key pattern. D. Matt silver with Arabic numerals, outer minute and chronograph rings, subsidiary dials for days of the week, months for the leap-year cycle with outer minute register, dates and seconds with inner moon phase aperture. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 18"', rhodium plated with gold wheel train, 35 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, 8 adjustments, blued steel Breguet balance spring with swan neck micrometric index. Repeating on gongs with slide in the band. Split seconds chronograph with button on the winding crown and push piece in the band. Signed on the dial, case and movement. In excellent condition. Diam. 49 mm.
