Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 09, 2009

LOT 318

Audemars Piguet Perpetual Calendar Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Quantième Perpetuel," No. 390867, case No. D 73280, Ref. 25817. Made circa 2000. Very fine and rare, square, mid-size, platinum and diamonds wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases and a platinum Audemars Piguet buckle. Accompanied by the Certificate of Origin and instruction manual.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, bezel set with 48 round diamonds, transparent case back with 4 screws, teardrop lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Bicolor white and mother-of-pearl set with 9 emerald indexes, subsidiary mother-of-pearl dials for the day, date and month, sector graduation for the age of the moon, aperture for the moon phases. Black oxidized gold feuille hands. M. Cal. 2003/2, engraved movement frame, rhodiumplated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial and movement signed, case numbered. Dim. 27 x 27 mm. Thickness 7 mm.