Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Sep 30, 2014

LOT 218

AUDEMARS PIGUET, YELLOW GOLD SKELETONIZED COIN DRESS WATCH Audemars Piguet, "Skeletonized $20 Coin Watch," No. 171234, case No. B 37550. Made in the 1990s. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold dress watch set in a U.S. 20 Dollar coin dated 1895. Accompanied by a fitted box, pouch and hang tag.

Double case, straight lugs, coin opening with a push-piece concealed in the band, three-body hinged inner case, graduated bezel. Transparent. Oxidized gold feuille hands. Cal. 2003, skeletonized, hand engraved14K gold, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, adjusted for heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat balance spring, index regulator.