The Longitude at the Eve of the Third...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 23, 1999

LOT 518

Audemars Piguet, Genève, No. 44636, entered in the Registers in December 1939, delivered in 1941 toMr. Romolo Verga.Fine and rare, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with olive-shaped button chronograph, registers and tachometer.

CHF 40,000 - 50,000

C. three body, massive, polished. Dedication inside the back. D. champagne with applied gold round indexes and Roman numerals, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and 30 minutes registers, outer tachometer graduation. "Epée" yellow gold hands.M. 13''', rhodium plated, 17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 32 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: * 4
Dial: 4 - 5 - 01

Notes

Similar watches are published in Audemars Piguet, byG. L. Brunner, Chr. Pfeiffer-Belli and M. K. Wehrli, 1993 Edition, pp. 242-243 and 252-253.Although slightly smaller than the models produced by other prestigious manufacturers, (33/34 mm for Patek Philippe, and 34/35 mm for Vacheron & Constantin), the 32 mm Audemars Piguet chronograph is considered among one of the most elegant and refined.