Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 08, 2015

LOT 76

AUDEMARS PIGUET EDWARD PIGUET MINUTE REPEATER LIMITED EDITION PLATINUM Audemars Piguet, "Edward Piguet Repetition Carillon, Edition Limitée 20pcs", movement No. 486256, case No. E 41966, Ref. 25935PT. Made in a limited edition of 20 pieces in 2000. Very fine and rare, carillon minute-repeating, rectangular curved, water-resistant platinum wristwatch with power-reserve indication, repeating indication and an Audemars Piguet platinum deployant clasp. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

CHF 50,000 - 70,000

HKD 400,000 - 560,000 / USD 52,000 - 73,000

Sold: CHF 47,530

Two-body, rectangular, polished and brushed, curved lugs, sapphire crystals, transparent back secured by four screws. Satine and guilloché silver, Arabic numerals and luminous dot indexes, inner minute track, power reserve sector at 2 o`clock, minute repeating indication sector at 10 o`clock, subsidiary seconds. Luminous white gold hands. Cal. 2877, rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 33 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronisms and 5 positions, shock absorber, index regulator, minute repeating and carillon on three gongs activated by a slide in the band.


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Grade:
Case: 2

Very good

Movement: 1*

As new

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial, case and movement signed. DIM. 28 x 45 mm. THICKNESS 11 mm. AUDEMARS PIGUET introduced the Edward Piguet Minute Repeating Carillon wristwatch in 2000 in a limited number of 20 examples. The watch pays hommage to EDWARD PIGUET one of the founders of the Company in 1875.