$36,580
"World’s Smallest Tourbillon Automatique, No. 1" Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Tourbillon Automatique", No. 01. Made in 1990. Very fine, thin, self-winding, rectangular "galbé", platinum gentleman's wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator and oscillating weight. Accompanied by a platinum Audemars Piguet buckle and a certificate. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped bezel, small teardrop lugs, back-winder, sapphire crystal. Withe gold with embossed "Sun Ray" pattern, gold dot indexes for the hours, apertures for the visible tourbillon regulator with polished steel bridge at 11 and at 6 for the oscillating weight with the initials "AP". Black oxydized gold "feuille" hands. Notes The present watch, the world’s first automatic watch with tourbillon, features what is considered even today to have the world’s smallest tourbillon cage and the first tourbillon cage to be made from titanium. This watch has become a highly sought-after collector’s piece
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-09-20
