Exceptional horologic works of art

Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Oct 11, 2003

LOT 325

Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Grande et Petite Sonnerie au passage et répétition des quarts No. 1", No. 3/50, case No. D 51205. Produced in a limited edition of 50 examples in the 1990s. Very fine and important, water-resistant, Grande et Petite Sonnerie, platinum gentleman's wristwatch striking the hours and the quarters, with an 18K white gold Audemars Piguet deployant clasp.

C. two-body, solid, polished and brushed, tranparent case back with screws, teardrop lugs, cursor at 2 for selection of the Grande Sonnerie and Petite Sonnerie or Silence, push-button for quarter-repeater at 10, sapphire crystal. D. navy blue with tritium-coated applied white gold triangular and square indexes, auxiliaryseconds "guilloché" dial. Tritium-coated "Epée" white hands.M. 13''', rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 51 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted for heat, cold and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, repeating on two gongs by means of a push-button on the band.Dial, case, and movement signed.Diam. 39 mm.