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Geneva, Oct 04, 2009

LOT 269

Yellow Gold Skeletonized Chronograph Audemars Piguet, Genève, movement No. 244106, case No. B 61723. Made circa 1984. Very fine, skeletonized, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, register and an integral 18K yellow gold Audemars Piguet mesh bracelet and clasp. Accompanied by fitted box.

CHF 14,000 - 18,000

USD 13,000 - 17,000 / EUR 9,200 - 12,000

Sold: CHF 15,600

C. Three-body, solid, polished, bracelet decoration repeated on the band, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Skeletonized with outer minute/second divisions on a black reserve, subsidiary black chapter ring for the seconds and the 30-minute register. Black oxydized gold feuille hands. M. Cal. 5030, gilt brass, hand-engraved, skeletonized, 22 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 10 mm. Approx. overall length 175 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 2

Very good

Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

Similar watches are illustrated in Audemars Piguet by Brunner, Pfeiffer-Belli, and Wehrli, pp. 244-245.