$44,850
"John Shaeffer" Audemars Piguet, Genève, "John Shaeffer - Répétition Minutes", No. 7/10, movement No. 435755, case No. D 71840, Ref. PT 257981002. Produced in a limited edition of 10 examples in the 1990s. Accompanied by an original fitted box. Extremely fine and rare, cushion-shaped, minute-repeating, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with a platinum Audemars Piguet buckle. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, transparent case back with 4 screws, polished and brushed bezel, sapphire crystals. Off-white with applied white gold Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds dial. White gold "feuille" hands. Cal. 2865 G, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 34 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balancespring, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 33 x 33 mm. Thickness 10 mm. Notes Audemars Piguet, "John Shaeffer". The original Shaeffer watch is published in Audemars Piguet by G.L. Brunner, C. Pfeiffer-Belli and M.K. Wehrli, p. 255. The first Audemars Piguet watch with minute repeater was created in 1907 for the famous American industrialist John Shaeffer who wanted to personalize his watch by having Audemars Piguet position the letters of his name on the hour markers. The historic tonneaushaped case has been reintroduced by Le Brassus manufacture, revising its dimensions slightly: wider and a littl
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-12-07
