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Geneva, May 10, 2009
LOT 223
For Bulgari Audemars Piguet, Genève, retailed by Bulgari, No. 45598. Made in 1941. Very fine and very rare, 18K pink gold wristwatch with oval button chronograph, registers and tachometer.
CHF 17,000 - 27,000
USD 15,000 - 24,000 / EUR 11,000 - 18,000
Sold: CHF 45,600
C. Three-body, polished and brushed, inclined bezel, concave lugs. D. Champagne with applied pink gold conical indexes and Arabic 12, outer minute and fifths of a second divisions with Arabic five-minute/seconds numerals, outermost tachometer scale, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute and 12-hour registers. Gold baton hands. M. 13??? VZAH, rhodiumplated, 23 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with 8 adjustments, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 11 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3-7-9* |
Good Oxidized Scratched Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-6-7-01 |
Good Slightly oxidized Oxidized HANDS Original |