Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, The Grand Havana Room, Sep 20, 2006

LOT 158

?Platinum and Diamond Limited Edition No. 1? Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Quantième Perpétuel Automatique?, No. 01, case No. C 65031. Made in 1989 for Asprey in a limited edition. Very fine and rare, astronomic, self-winding, platinum and diamond gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, phases and age of the moon and a platinum Audemars Piguet bracelet with deployant buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, shaped bezel pavé-set with diamonds, sapphire crystal. D. Four small blue-metallic dials, for the date, days of the week, months, moon phase aperture, lunar age sector. White gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 2120/2, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 38 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, 21K gold rotor segment. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 9 mm.