Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Sep 24, 2003

LOT 38

Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Quantième Perpétuel Chronographe", case No. 97943. Produced in very few examples circa 1990.Very fine astronomic, self-winding, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and an 18K pink gold deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box.

C. three-body, solid, polished and brushed. D. matte silver with applied pink gold indexes, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hour and 30 minute registers in red, the days of the week, of the month, the months, the leap years in black, the moon phases in gold and blue. "Bâton" pink gold hands. M. Cal. 2126, rhodium plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 51 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-copensating flat balance-spring, 21K gold rotor segment.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 40 mm.