Geneva, Nov 06, 2021

LOT 83

AUDEMARS PIGUET, PERPETUAL CALENDAR SPLIT-SECOND CHRONOGRAPH MINUTE-REPEATING, ENAMEL AND WHITE GOLD

CHF 45,000 - 65,000

HKD 380,000 - 550,000 / USD 48,800 - 71,000 / EUR 42,000 - 61,000

Sold: CHF 175,000

Very elegant, important, and extremely rare, thin, Art Deco, 18K white gold and enamel pocket watch, minute-repeating repeating on two gongs activated by a slide on the band, keyless dress watch with perpetual calendar, split-seconds chronograph, 60-minute progressive register, phases and age of the moon.


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Grading System
Grade:
Case: 3-8

Good

Slightly scratched
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Good

HANDS Original

Brand Audemars Piguet

Year Circa 1912 and completed in 1923, sold to Gubelin in February 1924 for 3300 Swiss Francs

Movement No. 13928

Case No. 13928

Caliber Cal. SMCCRQV, 18’’’, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 35 jewels, wolf’s tooth winding, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with peripheral gold temperature and meantime adjustment screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator, visible steel chronograph work, repeating on two gongs activated by a slide on the band

Dimensions 49 mm

Signature Movement, dial and case by Gubelin, Back cover inlaid with black enamel initials ‘’W.M.H. Jr’’

Accessories Audemars Piguet certificate of authenticity

Notes

The complicated watches of Audemars Piguet were highly prized by companies such as Gübelin because their movements were thin and well suited to the dress watches that were popular in the early 20th century. To date approximately 10 watches from this series are known, most in yellow gold and a small number in white gold. The watch with the preceding number (13927) to the present watch, also in an identical white gold case is illustrated in ?Audemars Piguet?, Brunner, Pfeiffer-Belli, Wehrli, 1993, p. 154 and was sold by Antiquorum, Geneva, October 14, 1990, lot 86. The watch with the following number (13929) was sold by Antiquorum, Geneva, November 12, 2006, lot 54. This watch has the same complications as lot 300 (see list).