196,000 CHF
Audemars Piguet, Genève, No. 35885, entered in the Registers in August 1926, delivered in 1927 to Metric Watch Co.Extremely fine and rare, minute repeating, tortue-shaped, platinum gentleman's wristwatch. two body, massive, polished and brushed. matte silver with applied white gold Breguet numerals. "Cathédrale" white gold hands. Notes Similar watches are published in Audemars Piguet, byG. L. Brunner, Chr. Pfeiffer-Belli and M. K. Wehrli,pp. 254 to 262.Audemars Piguet started making miniature minute-repeating movements at the beginning of the 20th Century. From 1906 to the 1920's, some 35 minute-repeating watches of 10''', 11''', and 12''' were made in their workshops, 20 of them were to intended for wristwatches.Only one minute repeating watch of 8''' is known to exist today. Another characteristic of the technology of Audemars Piguet watches is the thin dimension; an extremely important characteristic for the well-informed collector.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1999-10-23
