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

LOT 507

Audemars Piguet, Genève, No. 54807, case No. 54807. Made circa 1948. Very fine and rare, astronomic, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with triple date, moon phases and age of the moon.

CHF 22,000 - 27,000

EUR 14,000 - 17,000 / USD 18,000 - 22,000

Sold: CHF 175,500

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, correctors on the band, stepped bezel, straight curved lugs. D. Silver with applied yellow gold Arabic numerals, concentric ring for the date, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases with lunar age sector, subsidiary seconds dial. Yellow gold "baton" hands. M. Cal. 9 1/2''', rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 8 positions, blued steel Breguet balance-spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 9 mm. From ?The Collection?


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3

Good

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

A similar watch is illustrated in ?Audemars Piguet? by G. L. Brunner, Chr. Pfeiffer-Belli and M. K. Wehrli, 1993, p. 236, fig. 317.