Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Oct 04, 2009

LOT 150

Jules Audemars Chronograph Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Jules Audemars Chronograph", case No. E16447, Ref. 25859 ST. Sold on April 6th, 2000. Very fine, large, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, and a stainless steel Audemars Piguet deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and warranty. To be sold without reserve

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, inverted bezel, curved straight lugs, case back with 5 screws, sapphire crystal. D. Twotone black with applied steel Arabic numerals and triangular indexes, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer 1/5th seconds/ minute track. Steel baton hands. M. Cal. 2226, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 54 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, Cold, isochronism and five positions, shock absorber, selfcompensating flat balance-spring, 21K gold rotor segment, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 11.5 mm.