Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 01, 2004

LOT 158

Audemars Piguet, Genève,"Day-Date, Automatic", case No. C 44435. Produced in the 1970s. Fine, astronomic, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with day and date, moon phases and an 18K yellow gold Audemars Piguet "a petites mailles" bracelet.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped bezel, concave lugs, sapphire crystal. D. White with painted radial Roman numerals, subsidiary dials for the days of the month and the week, aperture for the moon phases. Yellow gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 2124, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 33 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and five positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, 21K gold rotor segent.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 33 mm.