Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

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

LOT 561

?Diamonds and Sapphires? Audemars Piguet, Genève, No. 214738, case No. B 51635. Made circa 1980. Very fine, elegant and thin, 18K yellow gold, sapphire and diamond-set, skeletonized, keyless dress watch.

C. Two-body, diamond and sapphire-set, shaped bezel and bow set with 59 round diamonds and 12 cabochon sapphires, glazed on both sides, cabochon sapphire-set winding crown. D. Transparent. Blackened gold "feuille" hands. M. Cal. 5020, gilt brass, skeletonized and hand-engraved, 20 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, adjusted for heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self compensating flat balance spring. Case and movement signed. Diam. 47 mm.