Geneva, May 12, 2024

LOT 377

LOUIS AUDEMARS, SWITZERLAND, DOUBLE-TRAIN, INDEPENDENT DEAD CENTER-SECONDS MINUTE-REPEATING PERPETUAL CALENDAR MOON PHASES, 18K YELLOW GOLD

CHF 35,000 - 55,000

HKD 304,000 - 478,000 / USD 38,700 - 61,000 / EUR 35,700 - 57,000

A very fine and very important 18k yellow gold, manual wind hunting-cased, double-train, keyless astronomical independent dead center-seconds minute-repeating watch with perpetual calendar and phases of the moon.


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Grading System
Grade:
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Good

HANDS Original

Brand Louis Audemars, Switzerland

Year Made in 1876

Case No. 54390

Diameter 56 mm.

Caliber 20''', frosted gilt brass, 45 jewels, straight-line calibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel Breguet balancepring, tandem winding, pin-set, repeating on gongs through activating slide in the band.

Signature on the cuvette by Le Roy, punched with Audemars trademark inside back cover.

Notes

Louis Audemars 1782-1833 Born in La Vallée de Joux, at 16 Louis Audemars was apprenticed to Philippe Meylan and soon established his reputation for the fine workmanship of his movements. All eight of Audemar’s sons continued in the family firm, making finished movements, and around 1837 inventing the keyless winding/setting system known today as the Audemars system. In 1848 Audemars began producing complete watches. The company became recognized as one of the best, furnishing the major Swiss and French manufacturers such as Le Roy, Patek Philippe, and Vacheron Constantin, with highly complicated watches and movements.