Important Watches Wristwatches, and C...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 02, 2000
LOT 255
Audemars Piguet, Genève, No. 45999, made in 1943.Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with olive shaped button chronograph, registers and tachometer.
CHF 35,000 - 40,000
Sold: CHF 36,800
C. Three-body, solid, polished, teardrop lugs.D. champagne with applied gold Arabic numerals, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and30 minutes registers, outer tachometer graduation. ?Bâton? yellow gold hands. M. 13???, rhodium plated,19 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance,8 adjustments, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 36 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 4 |
Fair |
Movement: * 4-5-6 |
Poor Slightly oxidized |
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 larger than the models produced by other prestigious manufacturers, (33/34 mm for Patek Philippe, and 34/35 mm for Vacheron & Constantin), the 36 mm Audemars Piguet chronograph is considered among one of the most elegant and refined.