16,800 CHF
Louis Audemars triple date Louis Audemars, Brassus, No. 9301, retailed by A. Perrée, Rue de la Ch.sée d’Antin 8, Paris, Elève de la Fabrique d’Horlogerie de Paris. Made circa 1870. Very fine and rare, minute-repeating, centerseconds, 18K yellow gold, hunting-cased, keyless pocket watch with triple date, digital months and phases and age of the moon. Four-body, bassine et filets, polished. Hinged gold cuvette engraved with the retailer’s details. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with five-minute Arabic numerals, two subsidiary sunk dials for date and days of the week, phases of the moon aperture with gold and enamel moon disc , age of the moon sector, aperture for the months. Gold spade hands. Notes This top quality movement and its case are typical of the artistic design of Audemars watches. This watch was built to give the highest possible precision in spite of the power-draining calendar mechanism.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2010-03-20
