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Hong Kong, Nov 25, 2022

LOT 191

AUDEMARS PIGUET MADE FOR TÜRLER
“COIN” WRISTWATCH; “TWENTY DOLLARS, LIBERTY, 1872”; 18K YELLOW GOLD

HKD 39,700 - 80,000

EUR 5,100 - 10,200 / CHF 5,000 - 10,000 / USD 5,100 - 10,200

18K yellow gold, manual-winding, round-shaped, thin gentleman’s wristwatch, set into a “Twenty Dollars, Liberty, 1872” American coin, snap-on case-back, silver colour dial with radial indexes.

Double case, coin opening with a push-piece located on the case-band at 3 o’clock, three-body hinged inner case, moulted lugs (mint mark letter “S” for The San Francisco Mint).


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3-8

Good

Slightly scratched
Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Brand Audemars Piguet, Le Brassus (Vallée de Joux)

Model “Twenty Dollars, Liberty, 1872”; made for Türler, Zürich

Year circa 1958

Movement No. 71 452

Case No. 14 194

Material 18K yellow gold

Bracelet black leather strap

Buckle gilded metal buckle

Caliber 2003 LeC, adjusted to temperatures and 4 positions, 17 jewels

Diameter 34.8 mm.

Weight 41.9 gr. (approx.)

Signature dial, case and movement

Notes

Audemars Piguet, “montres numismatiques” (numismatic watches)

An early example of this type of watch which exists as a purse-watch or wristwatch. These watches appeared in the Art Deco period (circa 1930-1940), when they were rare due to the complexity of the case and the use of an extra-flat calibre. After the Second World War, their production resumed but it is only in the 1970’s that they will be really in vogue and of a more current realization.

A similar watch, a purse version, is published in Brunner, Gisbert L., Pfeiffer-Belli, Christian, & Wehrli, Martin K., Audemars Piguet, le maître de l’horlogerie, Le Brassus, Audemars Piguet Editions, 1993, p. 98, ills. 52-54, where it is referred to as a “montre numismatique” (numismatic watch).