Important watches, wristwatches & clocks
New York, Dec 07, 1988
LOT 139
Audemars Piguet & Co. Brassus & Genève, 1920's. Very fine and rectangular jumping hours, 18-carat gold gentleman's wristwatch.
USD 20,000 - 25,000
C. massive, polished. D. mat silver with minutes graduations and aperture for the jumping-hours + auxiliary seconds dial. " Cathédrale" blued steel hand. M. 10"', rhodiumed, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 18 jewels, gold wheels, lever escapement, cut bimetaIIic balance, adjusted to 8 positions, Breguet balancespring. Dial, case and movement signed. In very good condition. 36 x 26 mm.
Notes
A similar watch is published in an advertisement in "
Le Livre d'or de l'Horlogerie" in 1924.