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Geneva, May 15, 2005

LOT 172

Audemars Piguet, Genève, No. 56657, made circa 1949. Very fine and rare, astronomic, square, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with triple date, lunar calendar and moon phases.

CHF 45,000 - 65,000

EUR 30,000 - 40,000 / USD 40,000 - 55,000

C. Two-body, solid, polished, teardrop lugs. D. Matte silver withapplied yellow gold bâton indexes, subsidiary dials for the daysof the month, days of the week, months and the age of themoon, aperture for the moon phases. Yellow gold ?bâton?hands. M. 9???, rhodium plated, ?fausses-côtes? decoration, 18jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, 8 adjustments,self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 25 x 25 mm. Thickness 7 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3 - 6
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Notes

Similar watches are published in: ?Audemars Piguet?, by G. L. Brunner, C. Pfeiffer-Belli and M. K. Wehrli, pp. 71, 231-232 and 236. This elegant and compact model, by virtue of its small dimensions, was chosen by Cartier in the late 1940s, and presented to their clients who desired a complicated wristwatch, naturally under the name of Cartier.