Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...
New York, Mar 05, 2009
LOT 375
Split-Second Chronograph Minute-Repeater Audemars Piguet & Co, Brassus & Geneva, No. 12831. Made circa 1910. Very fine, minute-repeating, keyless, 18K yellow gold pocket watch with split-seconds chronograph and progressive 30-minute register.
USD 13,000 - 18,000
EUR 10,000 - 14,000 / CHF 15,000 - 21,000
C. Four-body, ?demi bassine,? solid, polished, case back with monogram. Hinged gold cuvette with presentation inscription. D. Silver with painted black Breguet numerals, outer minute/ seconds and 1/5th seconds divisions with five minute numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds and progressive 30-minute register. Blue Breguet hands. M. Cal. 17???, rhodium-plated, oeilde- perdrix decoration, 33 jewels, 8 adjustments, wolf?s tooth winding, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance adjusted, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swanneck micrometer regulator, visible chronograph work, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Dial and movement signed, case numbered. Diam. 47 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-9 |
Good Scratched |