Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Nov 08, 2014
AUDEMARS PIGUET EDWARD PIGUET TOURBILLON NO.27 PLATINUM Audemars Piguet, Genève, Edward Piguet - Tourbillon, No. 435816, case No. D99005. Very fine and rare, curved rectangular, water-resistant, hand-winding, platinum wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon and an 18K white gold Audemars Piguet deployant clasp.
Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, curved, stepped sides and lugs, transparent case back with 4 screws, sapphire crystals. Silver with engine-turned sunray decoration, applied white gold baton indexes and 2, 4, 8, 10, 12 numerals, aperture for the visible tourbillon cage under a polished steel bridge, carrying the subsidiary seconds hand at 6. White gold feuille hands. Cal. 2871, rhodium-plated, 19 jewels, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator with steel cage and 3 equidistant polished steel arms, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring.
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Case: 2 |
Very good |
Movement: 2* |
Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |