Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, May 12, 2013
LOT 401
VERY SMALL MINUTE REPEATER WITH GOLD DIAL Attributed to Audemars Piguet, No. 12653. Made circa 1910. Exteremely fine and very rare, small and thin, 18K yellow gold keyless minute-repeating pendant watch with 14K gold dial.
CHF 6,500 - 8,500
HKD 54,000 - 70,000 / USD 7,000 - 9,000
Sold: CHF 13,750
C. Three-body, ?bassine?, polished, concealed hinge. D. 14K solid gold with champlevé Arabic numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 12 ½???, rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 29 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide in the band. Dial, case and movement numbered. DIAM. 32 mm. THICKNESS 7 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 2 |
Very good |
Movement: 2* |
Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |