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Hong Kong, Hotel Victoria Hong Kong, Jun 10, 1993
Audemars Piguet, Genève, No. 45980, made in 1942. Very fine and extremely rare astronomic, pink gold and stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with olive shaped button chronograph, register and tachometer, lunar calendar, triple date and moon phases produced in 2 examples only in 1942.
C. polished, bi-colour, teardrop lugs. D. mat silver with applied gold Arabic numerals + auxiliary dials for the seconds and the days of the week, the 30 minutes register and the months, the days of the month and the lunar calendar, outer tachometer graduation, aperture for the lunations. "Bâton" gold hands. M. 13 "' rhodiumed, 19 jewels, lever escapement monometallic balance adjusted to 8 positions, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. In very good condition. Diam. 36 mm.