$99,300
Audemars Piguet, Genève,"Jules Audemars", "Grande Sonnerie Minute Repeater Carillon", No. 456595, caseNo. D 94766, Ref. OR 25825. One of only two examples made with a transparent case back. Production of this reference started in 1997.Extremely fine and equally rare, "Grande et Petite Sonnerie", "Carillon", minute repeating with 3 hammers and 3 gongs, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with an 18K pink gold "AP"-shaped deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate. two-body, solid, polished and brushed, straight and curved lugs, case back with 5 screws, push button at 10 for the minute repeater, 3-position slide at 2 to activate the Grande/Petite Sonnerie or Silent feature, domed sapphire crystal. satine silver with applied pink gold "bâton" indexes and Roman numerals on a "guilloché" silver reserve, auxiliary seconds dial. "Bâton" pink gold hands. Cal. 2890, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 55 jewels, straight line lever escapement, mnometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, repeating on 3 gongs and 3 hammers by push-button on the band.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 39 mm. Notes Ref. OR 25825With a long tradition in the production of highly complicated repeaters, Audemars Piguet developed the first minute-repeating mechanism for a wristwatch only in 1985.Repeater movements consist of many tiny parts produced to extremely fine tolerances. During the assembly of the movement, the watchm
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-03-19
