Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Feb 07, 2015
LOT 233
AUDEMARS PIGUET TOURBILLON CALIBRE 2871 - PLATINUM Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Tourbillon à Remontage Manuel," No. 22, movement No. 435807, case No. D 99001, Ref 25819. PT. Made in limited numbers circa 2000. Very fine and very rare, platinum, manual-winding, rectangular wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator and a platinum Audemars Piguet buckle. Accompanied by the original instruction manual with integral Certificate and Certificate of Origin.
HKD 240,000 - 370,000
USD 32,000 - 47,000 / CHF 28,000 - 42,000
Sold: HKD 275,000
Two-body, solid, rectangular curved, polished and brushed, curved lugs, transparent back with four screws, sapphire crystals. Matte silver with applied white gold Arabic and baton indexes, at 6 aperture for the visible tourbillon cage under a brushed steel bridge, seconds hand attached to the tourbillion pivot. White gold baton hands. Cal. 2871, tonneau-shaped, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 19 jewels, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator with titanium cage and 3 equidistant polished arms, monometallic balance with screws, adjusted to heat, cold and 5 positions, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 2-8 |
Very good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 1* |
As new Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-17-01 |
Good Slightly spotted HANDS Original |