100 Years of Wristwatches

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Nov 19, 2000

LOT 253

Audemars Piguet, Genève, No. 13530,retailed by Gübelin, Lucerne(Switzerland), circa 1950.Extremely fine and rare, minuterepeating, 18K yellow gold gentleman'swristwatch with leather strap and 18Kyellow gold buckle. Accompanied by afitted box.

CHF 140,000 - 160,000

USD 80,000 - 90,000

C. Three-body, solid, polished, straightlugs. D. matte silver with applied goldindexes, auxiliary seconds dial. 'Bâton'yellow gold hands. M. 12''', rhodiumplated, 'fausses côtes' decoration, 29jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallicbalance adjusted to temperatures and 4positions, Breguet balance-spring, repea-teron gongs by means of a slide on theband.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 34 mm.


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Grade:
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3 - 5 - 01

Notes

Similar watches are published in AudemarsPiguet, byG. L. Brunner, Chr. Pfeiffer-Belli and M. K.Wehrli,pp. 254 to 262.Audemars Piguet started making miniatureminute-repeating movements at thebeginning of the 20th Century. From 1906 tothe 1920's, some 35 minute-repeatingwatches of 10''', 11''', and 12''' were made intheir workshops, 20 of them were tointended for wristwatches.Only one minute repeating watch of 8''' isknown to exist today. Another characteristicof the technology of Audemars Piguetwatches is the thin dimension; an extremelyimportant characteristic for the well-informedcollector.Sold by Antiquorum Geneva on April 2,2000, lot 244.