Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Oct 23, 2011
LOT 313
AUDEMARS PIGUET, RETAILED BY E. GUBELIN YELLOW & WHITE GOLD PERPETUAL CALENDAR Audemars Piguet for E. Gubelin, Lucerne, movement No. 15420, case No. 50642. Made circa 1920, retailed by Gubelin. Very fine and rare, elegant and thin, Art Deco, keyless, 18K yellow and white gold pocket watch with perpetual calendar and moon phases.
HKD 120,000 - 170,000
USD 15,000 - 22,000 / EUR 11,000 - 16,000
C. Three-body, solid, ?bassine?, polished, dedicated back. D. Silver with applied yellow gold Arabic numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary dials for the months and four-year cycle, days of the week, date and seconds, aperture for the moon phases. Yellow gold cathedral hands. M. 38 mm, rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 21 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bi-metallic balance, self-compensating blued Breguet balance, index regulator. Dial and movement signed, case numbered. Diam. 44 mm. Thickness 9 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |