Exceptional Horological Works of Art

Geneva, Oct 19, 2002

LOT 12

Audemars Piguet, Genève, No. 46931. Pro-duced in 1943. Extremely fine and rare astronomic, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with olive-shaped button chronograph, register, tachometer, triple date and moon phases. Accompanied by an 18K yellow gold Audemars Piguet buckle.

CHF 80,000 - 100,000

EUR 55,000 - 65,000

Sold: CHF 102,500

C. three-body, solid, polished, dedicated back, rounded bezel, teardrop lugs. D. matte silver with applied yellow gold Arabic numerals, auxiliary sunk dials for the 30-minute register and the months on the 3, for the seconds and the days of the week on the 9, for the days of the month on the 12, sector for the lunar calendar and aperture for the moon phases on the 6, outer tachometer graduation. "Bâton" yellow gold hands. M. 13 1/2''' rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 21 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 8 positions, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm.


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Grade:
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3 - 01

Notes

A similar watch is published in "Audemars Piguet", by Gisbert L. Brunner, Christian Pfeiffer-Belli and Martin K. Wehrli, p. 247. It bears the number 46932, the number immediately following that of the present watch. For a biography of Audemars Piguet, see lot 13.