Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces...
Hong Kong, Dec 05, 2021
LOT 377
AUDEMARS PIGUET
STAR WHEEL AUTOMATIC, PLATINUM, DIAMONDS AND RUBIES, LIMITED 1/1, PIECE UNIQUE
HKD 400,000 - 800,000
EUR 44,900 - 90,000 / CHF 47,300 - 95,000 / USD 52,000 - 104,000
Sold: HKD 1,000,000
Exceptional, platinum, self-winding round-shaped, gentleman’s wristwatch, bezel set with 36 baguette Rubies. Mother of pearl and pave diamond-set dial;
the hour graduation on three rotating translucent sapphire discs, each with four painted black stylized hour indicators; on the top, mother of pearl sector
indicating the 60 minutes in painted Arabic numerals and indexes; at the centre, a rhodium-plated wheel with three arms, each ended by a self-rotating
screw and carrying the spring-loaded rotating star-wheel sapphire discs.
| Grading System | |
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Grade: |
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Case: 2 |
Very good |
Movement: 1* |
As new Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 1-01 |
As new HANDS Original |
Brand Audemars Piguet
Model Star Wheel Automatic Piece Unique No. 1/1
Reference Piece Unique
Year Circa 1995-2000
Movement No. 387537
Case No. D36310
Bracelet Leather strap with AP platinum buckle
Diameter 38 mm
Caliber 2124, adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, 21K gold rotor
Signature Case, Dial and Movement
Accessories Extract from the Archives
Notes
Audemars Piguet, “Star Wheel”
This watch is reminiscent of the 17th century “wandering hours” dial, with hours indicated within an aperture. The epicycloidal system was first employed
by the Campani brothers of Rome, who used it in their nocturnal clocks during the second half of the 17th century.
This watch is reminiscent of the 17th century “wandering hours” dial, with hours indicated within an aperture. The epicycloidal system was first employed
by the Campani brothers of Rome, who used it in their nocturnal clocks during the second half of the 17th century.