113,500 CHF
Audemars Piguet, Genève, No. 13530, retailed by Gübelin, Lucerne (Switzerland), circa 1950.Extremely fine and rare, minute repeating, 18K yellow gold gentleman’s wristwatch with leather strap and 18K yellow gold buckle.Accompanied by fitted box. Three-body, solid, polished, straight lugs. matte silver with applied gold indexes, auxiliary seconds dial. “Bâton” yellow gold hands. 12’’’, rhodium plated, “fausses côtes” decoration, 29 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 4 positions, Breguet balance-spring, repeater on gongs by means of a slide on the band.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 34 mm. Notes Similar watches are published in Audemars Piguet, byG. L. Brunner, Chr. Pfeiffer-Belli and M. K. Wehrli,pp. 254 to 262.Audemars Piguet started making miniature minute-repeating movements at the beginning of the 20th Century. From 1906 to the 1920’s, some 35 minute-repeating watches of 10’’’, 11’’’, and 12’’’ were made in their workshops, 20 of them were to intended for wristwatches.Only one minute repeating watch of 8’’’ is known to exist today. Another characteristic of the technology of Audemars Piguet watches is the thin dimension; an extremely important characteristic for the well-informed collector.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2000-04-02
