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Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, May 13, 2007
LOT 640
?Minute Repeater & Split- Seconds Chronograph? Audemars Piguet, No. 5385. Made circa 1920. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold, keyless, minute-repeating pocket watch with split-seconds chronograph and 30-minute register.
CHF 20,000 - 25,000
EUR 12,000 - 15,000 / USD 16,000 - 20,000
Sold: CHF 25,960
C. Four-body, ?bassine?, polished. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel, radial black Arabic numerals, outer minute track, outermost fifths of seconds divisions, red Arabic five minute/seconds numerals, subsidiary seconds at 6, 30-minute register at 12 o?clock. Blued steel ?Spade? hands. M. 37 mm. (16???), rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 29 jewels, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, adjusted cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold and platinum screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator, chronograph and split-seconds mechanisms set on the back plate, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Dial and case signed. Diam. 48 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |