Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

LOT 708

Platinum and Diamond Set No.1 "Quantième Perpétuel" A. Audemars Piguet, ?Quantieme Perpétuel?, No. 1, movement No. 263869, case No. D2033. Sold on September 30th, 1991. Very fine and rare, keyless, platinum and diamond dress watch with perpetual calendar, phases and age of the moon, and leap year indication.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped bezel set with diamonds, case back with four screws, sapphire cabochon-set crown, sapphire crystals. D. Satiné blue with applied brilliant-cut diamond indexes, subsidiary dials for the date, the days of the week, the months, leap year indication, sector for the age of the moon, aperture for the moon phases, outer minute track with every five Arabic numerals. White gold cathedral hands. M. Cal. 5020, rhodium plated, fausses cotes and oeil de perdrix decoration, 20 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and to five positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 53 mm. Thickness 12.5 mm.
B. Audemars Piguet Genève, "Quantième Perpétuel Automatique", No. 1, movement No. 346805, case No. C 91735, Ref. 25709. Sold on September 30th, 1991. Very fine and rare, self-winding, platinumand diamondwristwatchwith perpetual calendar, phases and age of themoon and an 18Kwhite gold Audemars Piguet buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.
C. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel set with diamonds, straight lugs, transparent case back with 4 screws, sapphire crystals, correctors on the band. D. Satiné blue with applied brilliant-cut diamond 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, outer minute division. White gold baton hands. M. Cal 2120/2, rhodium plated, fausses cotes and oeil de perdrix decoration, 38 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, engraved and skeletonized rotor, 21K gold segment rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 41 mm. Thickness 9.5 mm.