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Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, May 13, 2007
LOT 508
"Monochrome Yellow" Audemars Piguet & Co., Genève, No. 46964. Made circa 1945. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with oval button chronograph, registers, tachometer and an 14K yellow gold buckle.
CHF 38,000 - 48,000
EUR 25,000 - 30,000 / USD 30,000 - 40,000
Sold: CHF 53,100
C. Three-body, solid, polished, concave lugs. D. Satiné gold with applied yellow gold square indexes and Arabic numeral, outer minute and 1/5th seconds track, blue outermost tachometer graduated to 1000 units/hour. Subsidiary guilloché dials for the seconds, the 30-minute and 12-hour registers. Yellow gold "baton" hands. M. Cal. 13''', rhodium-plated, 21 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 8 positions, blued steel Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Property of an Italian Collector
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3-9-12 |
Good Scratched Worn |
Movement: 3 |
Good |
Dial: 3-6-7-01 |
Good Slightly oxidized Oxidized HANDS Original |