Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

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

LOT 232

"John Shaeffer, No. 5" Audemars Piguet, Genève, "John Shaeffer", "Répétition Minutes Quantième Perpetuel No. 5", movement No. 442819, case No. D 73311. Made in very few examples in the 1990s. Extremely fine and extremely rare, cushion-shaped, astronomic, minute-repeating, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases and a platinum Audemars Piguet buckle.

USD 55,000 - 65,000

EUR 43,000 - 50,000

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, transparent case back with 4 screws, polished and brushed bezel, sapphire crystals. D. White with outer minute graduation, subsidiary dials for the days of the month and the months, of the week, the leap year, the phases and the age of the moon. White gold "cathédrale" hands. M. Cal. 2866Q, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 36 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shockabsorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 34 x 34 mm. Thickness 11 mm.


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Grade:
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

Audemars Piguet "John Shaeffer" The original Shaeffer watch is published in Audemars Piguet by G.L. Brunner, C. Pfeiffer-Belli and M.K. Wehrli, p. 255. The first Audemars Piguet watch with minute repeater was created in 1907 for the famous American industrialist John Shaeffer, who wanted to personalize his watch by having Audemars Piguet position the letters of his name on the hour markers. The historic tonneau-shaped case has been reintroduced by the Brassus manufacture, revising its dimensions slightly: wider and a little rounder than the original.