Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 10, 2013

LOT 60

AUDEMARS PIGUET -'LA CHASSE' BY NI GI BARNA Audemars Piguet, Genève, No. 263947, case No. B76023. Made circa 1982, the painted on enamel scene signed Ni. Gi. Barna. Very fine and unique, thin and elegant, 18K gold and painted on enamel keyless dress watch.

CHF 18,000 - 28,000

HKD 150,000 - 230,000 / USD 20,000 - 30,000

Sold: CHF 48,750

Three-body, polished bezel, polished curved band, the back with a painted on enamel scene of an English fox hunt in a landscape signed "Ni Gi Barna", secured by four screws. Foliate embossed gold with brushed chapter ring, radial black Roman numerals. Blued steel cathedrale hands. Cal. 5020, 15.5''', rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 20-jewels, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochonism and five positions, self-compensating flat balance spring, shock absorbers to the escape and balance wheels .


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Grade:
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 47 mm. This watch is one of a small series of unique enameled watches by the artist Ni Gi Barna produced for Audemars Piguet in the early 1980's. Two further watches decorated by Barna have been sold by Antiquorum: `The Clipper`, Hong Kong, February 20th, 2005, lot 56; `Bedouin Riders`, Geneva, October 15th, 2006, lot 381.