Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, May 10, 2015
LOT 241
AUDEMARS PIGUET REF. 5559 SKELETONISED PERPETUAL CALENDAR DRESS WATCH YELLOW GOLD Audemars Piguet, movement No. 263701, case No. B78865, Ref. 5559. Sold in September 1985. Very fine and rare, elegant and thin, skeletonized 18K yellow gold pocket watch with perpetual calendar and moon phases. Accompanied by two certificates of origin, leather pouch, green leather folder with various leaflets
CHF 10,000 - 15,000
HKD 81,000 - 120,000 / USD 10,500 - 16,000
Sold: CHF 25,000
Three-body, solid, polished, sapphire crystals. Skeleton with painted black roman numerals on the outer chapter ring, inner minute track, subsidiary dials for the months and four-year cycle, days of the week, date, aperture for the moon phases and age of the moon. Blued steel cathedral hands. Cal. 502, gilt, hand-engraved, 20 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic compensation balance, self-compensating blued steel 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: -01 |
HANDS Original |