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Geneva, May 10, 2009

LOT 224

Jumping Hour Digital Audemars Piguet & Co, case and movement No. 39893. Made in 1929. Very fine and very rare, rectangular, digital, jumping hour, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Audemars Piguet & Co buckle.

CHF 12,000 - 16,000

USD 10,500 - 14,000 / EUR 8,000 - 10,500

Sold: CHF 17,400

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, covering the front of the watch with apertures for the hours and minutes, flat bezel, straight lugs, hinged snap-on back. D. Two matte silver revolving discs with painted Arabic numerals, one for the hours, the other for the minutes. M. 9"', rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Case and movement signed. Dim. 25 x 36 mm. Thickness 6 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 4-8

Fair

Slightly scratched

Notes

Similar watches are illustrated in "Audemars Piguet" by L. Brunner, C. Pfeiffer-Belli, and M.K. Wehrli, pp. 210 and 186.