Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, May 13, 2007

LOT 136

Yellow Gold ?Twenty Dollars 1898?, Audemars Piguet, ?Twenty Dollars 1898?, No. 386303, case No. D 47267. Made in the 1990s. Very fine, 18K yellow gold wristwatch set in a U.S. 20 Dollar coin dated 1898. Accompanied by a fitted box and the Certificate of Origin.

C. Double case, coin opening with a push-piece concealed in the band, three-body hinged inner case. D. Matte silver with painted baton indexes. Yellow gold "baton" hands. M. Cal. 2003/2, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted for heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 5 mm.