Importantes Montres de Collection
Geneva, May 15, 2011
LOT 416
AUDEMARS PIGUET FOR TIFFANY - MINUTE REPEATING SPLIT-SECOND CHRONOGRAPH Audemars Piguet & Co., Geneva, retailed by Tiffany & Co, No. 11741. Made circa 1910. Very fine and rare, minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold, keyless pocket watch with split-seconds chronograph and register.
CHF 12,000 - 16,000
USD 13,000 - 18,000 / EUR 9,000 - 12,000
Sold: CHF 17,500
C. Four-body, "bassine", polished, the back cover with small engraved monogram, demi-concealed hinge. Hinged gold cuvette with engraved presentation inscription. D. Matte champagne with champlevé Paris numerals, outer minute and fifths of a second divisions, Arabic five-minute numerals, 30-minute register at 12, subsidiary seconds at 6. Blued steel spade hands. M. 18"', rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, adjusted cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator, repeating on two coiled steel gongs activated by a slide on the band. Dial signed Tiffany & Co., movement signed Audemars Piguet & Co., case numbered. Diam. 47.5 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-8-01 |
Good Slightly scratched HANDS Original |