$43,700
Audemars Piguet, Genève, "John Shaeffer", Répétition Minutes No. 1, No. 41282, case No. D 82939. Produced in the 1990’s.Very fine and very rare, cushion-shaped, minute-repeating, stainless steel gentleman’s wristwatch with a stainless steel Audemars Piguet buckle. three-body, solid, polished and brushed, transparent case back, polished and brushed bezel, sapphire crystal. "guilloché" white with painted radial Roman numerals, auxiliary seconds dial. "Cathédrale" white gold hands. Cal. 2866, rhodium plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 34 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted for heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 33 x 33 mm. Notes 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 tonneau-shaped case has been reintroduced by Le Brassus manufacture, revising its dimensions slightly: wider and a little rouner than the original.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2002-05-08
