Important Watches, Collector's Wrist...
Hong Kong, Jun 08, 2001
LOT 73
Audemars Piguet, Genève, John Schaeffer "Star Wheel, Répétition Minutes", No. 11/25. Produced in a limited edition of 25 examples in the 1990's.Very fine and unusual self-winding 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with ?wandering hours?, featuring epicycloidal disc hour indication, with an 18K yellow gold Audemars Piguet buckle.
HKD 270,000 - 300,000
USD 35,000 - 40,000
C. three-body, solid, polished and brushed, transparent back, flat bezel, sapphire crystal. D. white sector for the five-minutes scale with painted Arabic numerals and indexes, guilloché gold, the hours indicated on three translucent sapphire discs rotating on a revolving rhodiumed wheel. M. Cal. 2866, rhodium-plated, ?fausses-côtes? decoration, 32 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted for heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensatinglat balance-spring, repeater on gongs by means of a slide on the band.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 33 x 41 mm.
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Case: 1 |
As new |
Movement: 1* |
As new Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 1 - 01 |