Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 17, 1992
LOT 268
Audemars Piguet, Genève, No. 45980, made in 1947. The archives of Audemars Piguet show that two examples only of this watch were produced. Extremely fine and rare, astronomic, 18ct pink gold and stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch, with olive shaped button chronograph, register and tachometer, with triple date and moon phases and the additional original dial.
CHF 85,000 - 95,000
C. massive, polished, bi-colour, teardrop lugs. D. mat silver with applied gold indexes and Arabic numerals + auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 30 minutes register, the months, the days of the week, of the month, and the lunar calendar, outer tachometer graduation, aperture for the lunations. "Bâton" gold hands. M. 13 "' rhodiumed, "fausses côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 8 positions, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. In very good condition. Diam. 35 mm.
