Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

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

LOT 260

?Tourbillon With Power Reserve No. 01? Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Automatic Tourbillon With Power Reserve", No. 01, Ref. 25718PT. Made in 1993. Very fine and rare, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with one minute tourbillon regulator, 60 hours power reserve, date and a platinum Audemars Piguet buckle. Accompanied by a mahogany fitted box and a certificate of authenticity and instructions.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, case back secured with 6 screws, rounded polished bezel, teardrop lugs, back winder, flat sapphire crystal. D. White with offcenter auxiliary dials; on the 12: hours and minutes dial with painted radial Roman numerals, on the 3: days of the month, on the 6: aperture for the tourbillon cage, on the 9: 60 hours up-and-down graduation. Burnished steel "Feuille" hands for the time, blued steel "Epée" hands for the date and power reserve dials. M. Cal. 2875, rhodium-plated, "oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 41 jewels, titanium tourbillon cage, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 10 mm.