Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces.

Geneva, Nov 13, 2010

LOT 537

Audemars Piguet Platinum Métropolis Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Jules Audemars - Quantième Perpétuel Mètropolis?, case No. E 61404, Ref. 25919PT. Sold on April 13, 2002. Very fine and rare, World Time, self-winding, platinum wristwatch with perpetual calendar and a platinum Audemars Piguet deployant clasp. Accompanied by the Certificate of Origin and instruction manual.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, curved band, straight lugs, transparent case back secured by 5 screws, push button at 5 to adjust the world time function, sapphire crystals. D. Textured silvered with applied white gold dots and stylized Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the days, date, and months, with leap year and at 6 the world time indication for major cities with revolving white/blue 24 hours. White gold feuille hands. M. Cal. 2120/2804, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 40 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance spring, skeletonized and hand-engraved rotor with 21K gold segment. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness: 10 mm.