46,000 CHF
Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Repetition Minutes", No. 41, case No. D 22112. Production of this refe-rence started in 1992.Very fine and rare, rectangular, jumping-hour, minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wrist-watch with an 18K yellow gold buckle. two-body, solid, polished and brushed, case back with four screws, polished band, brushed beveled bezel, sapphire crystal. white with painted Breguet numerals, rectangular auxiliary seconds dial at 6, aperture for the jumping-hours. "Cathédrale" hand. Cal. 2865, 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 balance-spring, repeater on gongs by means of a slide on the band.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 31 x 29 mm. Notes A similar watch is published in Audemars Piguet, by Gisbert L. Brunner, Christian Pfeiffer-Belli, p. 277.For this model, Audemars Piguet was inspired by the first rectangular jumping hour digital watches from the 1920's. The company was among the first to produce them. In 1992, they began making the model again, adding the complication of minute-repeating. This is the only model known to exist today combining both jumping hours and minute repeating.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2002-11-16
