31,913 CHF
Audemars Piguet, Genève, No. 55891, made in 1949.Very fine and rare, astronomic, square, 18K yellow gold gentleman’s wristwatch with triple date, lunar calendar and moon phases with leather strap and18K yellow gold Audemars Piguet buckle. Two-body, solid, polished, teardrop lugs. matte silver with applied yellow gold Arabic numerals, auxiliary dials for the days of the month, of the week, the months and the age of the moon, aperture for the moon phases. “Bâton” yellow gold hands. 9’’’, rhodium plated, “fausses côtes” decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance,8 adjustments, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 25 x 25 mm. Notes Similar watches are published in Audemars Piguet, byG. L. Brunner, C. Pfeiffer-Belli and M. K. Wehrli,pp. 71, 231-232 and 236.This elegant and compact model, by virtue of its small dimensions, was chosen by Cartier at the end of the 1940’s, and presented to their clients who desired a complicated wristwatch, naturally under the name of Cartier.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2000-04-02
