Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Mar 16, 2014
LOT 204
AUDEMARS PIGUET WHITE GOLD JUMP HOURS & MINUTES DRESS WATCH Audemars Piguet, Genève, movement No. 15298, case No. 50437. Made circa 1930. Very fine and very rare, 18K white gold keyless, digital jump- hours and minutes dress watch.
CHF 6,000 - 8,000
HKD 50,000 - 66,000 / USD 64,000 - 8,500
Three-body, brushed, inclined bezels. Brushed silver with apertures for Arabic hours and minutes. 17''', rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel Breguet balance-spring, index regulator.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-10 |
Good Patinated |
Notes
Dial and case signed.
DIAM. 43 mm.
Audemars Piguet made few digital pocket
watches like this one. A similar watch is illustrated
in "Audemars Piguet" by Gisbert Brunner,
Christian Pfeiffer-Belli, and Martin K. Wehrli,
München, 1993, p. 86.