Important Collectors' Wristwtches, Po...

New York, Sep 26, 2007

LOT 89

"Quantième Perpétuel Automatique" Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Quantième Perpétuel Automatique", No. 3, movement No. 367659, case No. D 7819. Made circa 1995. Very fine, astronomic, self-winding, platinum wristwatch with perpetual calendar, phases and age of the moon and an integrated and textured platinum Audemars Piguet bracelet.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped bezel, transparent case back, sapphire crystals, correctors on the band to change the date. D. Two-tone Mother-of-Pearl with applied white gold baton and round indexes, subsidiary dials for the date, the days of the week, the months, sector for the age of the moon, aperture for the moon phases at 6. White gold "baton" hands. M. Cal 2120/2, rhodiumplated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 36 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, selfcompensating flat balance spring, skeletonized and handengraved 21K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 8 mm.