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Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Oct 15, 2006

LOT 379

?Disco Volante? Audemars Piguet, Genève, No. 55933, case No. 1125. Made in 1949. Very fine and unusual, elegant, thin, flat 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with concealed lugs.

CHF 4,000 - 6,000

EUR 2,500 - 3,800 / USD 3,300 - 5,000

Sold: CHF 5,900

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, beveled bezel, concealed lugs. D. Matte silver with painted indexes, subsidiary seconds. Yellow gold ?baton? hands. M. 9 1/2???, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, adjusted to temperatures, self-compensating blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 31 mm. Thickness 6 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 3-9

Good

Scratched

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

Due to its round case and beveled bezel, collectors call this watch the ?disco volante? (flying saucer).