Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Oct 23, 2011

LOT 77

AUDEMARS PIGUET STAR WHEEL Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Star Wheel Automatic," No. 368568, case No. D 8108, Ref. 25720. Made in 2001. Very fine and unusual, self-winding, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Audemars Piguet buckle. Accompanied by the original fitted box and instruction manual.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, transparent case back, stepped bezel, sapphire crystals. D. Bi-color matte silver and engraved yellow gold, the hour graduation on three rotating translucent sapphire discs, each with four painted black stylized hour indicators, on top, white sector indicating the 60 minutes in painted Arabic numerals and indexes, at the center, a rhodium-plated wheel with three arms, carrying the spring-loaded rotating star wheel sapphire discs. M. Cal. 2124, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 33 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating fl at balance spring, micrometer regulator, 21K gold rotor segment. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 9 mm.