Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong, Jul 10, 2005

LOT 248

?Astronomic Dress Watch? Audemars Piguet, No. 15950, Made in the 1950s. Very fine and rare, slim, astronomic, 18K yellow gold minute repeating keyless dress watch with two-tone dial, perpetual calendar, moonphases and lunar calendar. Accompanied by an Audemars Piguet morocco box.

HKD 325,000 - 430,000

EUR 35,000 - 45,000 / USD 43,000 - 55,000

Sold: HKD 310,500

C. Three-body, ?variée?, polished inclined bezel, brushed band, hinged bow, brushedback with polished edge. D. Two-tone, silvered, applied yellow gold bâton indexes, subsidiary dialsfor months and four-year cycle, days of the week and date, subsidiary seconds with lunar calendar, aperture for the moon-phases. Yellowgold "bâton" hands. M. 18''', rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, wolf's tooth winding, 31 jewels, straight line lever escapement,cut bimetallic compensation balance with eight adjustments, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator,repeating with two hammers on two gongs activated by a slide in the band.Dial, movement and case signed.Diam. 48 mm.


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Grade:
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2 - 01

Notes

The present lot is a typical example of a complicated dress watch from the mid 20th century, and demonstrates Audemars Piguet?s desire to continue making high quality watches in the tradition of the firm.