Collector's Pocket Watches, Wristwatc...

Grand Havana Room, New York, Sep 20, 2001

LOT 274

Audemars Piguet, Genève, ?Philosophique?. Produced in the 1980?s.Fine and unusual, flat, ?Souscription and two time zone? type, 18K white and yellow gold, gentleman?s wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Audemars Piguet buckle.

USD 3,000 - 4,000

C. three-body, solid, polished, back with screws, revolving wide bezel with pendant on the 12 and marked by a white gold dot, white gold band, yellow gold case, ?Vendôme? type lugs. D. matte silver with applied yellow gold indexes. ?Feuille? blued steel hands. M. Cal. 9''' rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 31 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3 - 01

Notes

This watch features an unusual second time zone indication system, by the means of the white dot on the revolving bezel. The central module - dial, bezel and back - rotates, the pendant, band and bracelet are fixed.For an actual time zone, the watch remains in neutral position, the dot and the pendant represent 12 o?clock.Hand-setting is done by the winding-crown, the change to another time zone is done by rotating the dial, bezel and back. The pendant remains the only reference to 12 o?clock in the place of residence and the dot to the new time-zone. The ?Nostalgique? reading of residence time will be done by orienting the watch in such a way that the dot indicates 12 o?clock in the place of residence.