109,250 HKD
Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Tourbillon Automatique", No. 36. Launched in 1986.Fine and rare, flat, self-winding, rectangular "galbé", 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with 1 minute tourbillon regulator and 18K yellow gold Audemars Piguet buckle. two-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped bezel, teardrop and hooded lugs, back winder. yellow gold with embossed sun rays, dot indexes for the hours, apertures for the visible tourbillon regulator on the 11, and on the 6, for the oscillating weight of the automatic winding with the initials AP. "Feuille" burnished steel hands. Notes This watch is the first model of self-winding wristwatch with tourbillon ever made and is the flattest and the smallest in the world. The movement is only 4,8 mm thick, and Audemars Piguet had to use the back of the case as the back plate. For the first time in the history of horology, a tourbillon cage was made in titanium, a very light and resistant metal.A similar watch is published in "Audemars Piguet", by Gisbert L. Brunner, Christian Pfeiffer-Belli and Martin K. Wehrli, page 274.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-06-08
