Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 20, 2016

LOT 83

PIAGET ALTIPLANO DOUBLE JEU DIAMOND AND WHITE GOLD Piaget, "Altiplano Mécanique Double Jeu," case No. 978944, Ref. P10436. Made circa 2010. Very fine, rare and unusual, two time zone, two thin 18K white gold and diamond wristwatches back on back with an 18K white gold Piaget deployant clasp. Accompanied by the box and certificate.

Four-body, solid, polished and brushed, bezel set with 40 rounded diamonds, hinged upper case: case back with 8 screws, domed sapphire crystal. Lower case: straight lugs, snap-on case back, sapphire crystal. Upper: Satine silver with painted baton indexes, subsidiary guilloche and diamond chapter ring seconds dial at 9. Oxidized gold baton hands. Lower: Satine gray with painted silver baton indexes. White gold baton hands. Cal. 838 P, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 19 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Lower: Cal. 832 P, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring