Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Mar 28, 2007

LOT 323

"Quantième Perpétuel" Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Quantième Perpétuel Automatique", No. 208. Made in the late 1980s. Very fine, astronomic, self-winding, 18K yellow gold, diamond and sapphire-set gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases and an integral 18K yellow gold Audemars Piguet mesh bracelet. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, case back with 4 screws, bezel set with 66 round diamonds and 32 baguette sapphires, sapphire crystal. D. Champagne with applied yellow gold diamond-set round indexes, subsidiary dials for the days of the month, of the week, the months and the age of the moon, aperture for the moon phases. Yellow gold "baton" hands. M. Cal. 2120/2, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 38 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, 21K gold rotor segment. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 8 mm. Approx. overall length 190 mm.