The Longitude at the Eve of the Third...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 23, 1999

LOT 515

Audemars Piguet, Genève, No. 41846, entered in the Registers on August 1930, delivered in 1948.Extremely fine and probably unique, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with the functions of the chronograph controlled by the crown, register and tachometer with leather strap and 18K yellow gold Audemars Piguet buckle.

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C. three body, massive, polished and brushed, lapidated straight lugs. D. matte silver with applied yellow gold triangular indexes and Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds and 30 minutes register dials, outer tachometer graduation. "Epée" yellow gold hands.M. 11''', rhodium plated, 24 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, 8 adjustments, Breguet balance-spring, the winding-crown is for start, stop and return to zero functions of the chronograph.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 30 mm.


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Case: 3

Good
Movement: * 3
Dial: 3 - 01

Notes

This watch is published in Audemars Piguet, by G. L. Brunner, Chr. Pfeiffer-Belli and M. K. Wehrli, 1993 Edition, p. 238,fig. 328 a-b.As with lot 511 we know of no other Audemars Piguet chronographs where the stop, start and fly-back functions are controlled by the crown. From the manufacturer's registers it is unclear whether this is a unique example or one of the few pieces. As illustrated in the book, Audemars Piguet, this is the first generation of chronographs produced by the region of Brassus.