Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 27, 2015

LOT 418

AUDEMARS PIGUET WORLD'S SMALLEST TOURBILLON AUTOMATIC YELLOW GOLD Audemars Piguet, "Tourbillon Automatique," No. 93. Made circa 1990. Very fine and elegant, rectangular, thin, self-winding, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator, oscillating weight, back winder and an 18K yellow gold Audemars Piguet buckle. Accompanied by the original fitted box and booklet.

Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped bezel, small teardrop lugs, back-winder, sapphire crystal. Yellow gold in a sunray pattern, gold dot indexes, apertures for the visible tourbillon regulator with polished steel bridge at 11 and at 6 for the oscillating WEIGHT with the initials "AP". Oxidized gold feuille hands. Cal. 11''', hand engraved, 32 jewels, straight-line lever escapement with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator with titanium cage, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat balance spring.