153,400 HKD
"Tourbillon Automatique" Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Tourbillon Automatique", No. 268. Sold in April,1993. Very fine and very unusual, thin, rectangular, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator and an integrated 18K yellow gold Audemars Piguet link bracelet with deployant clasp. Accompanied by a certificate. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped bezel, back winder, sapphire crystal. Yellow gold and abalone shell in a "Sun Ray" pattern, gold dot indexes for the hours, apertures for the visible tourbillon regulator with polished steel bridge at 11 and at 6 for the oscillating weight with the initials "AP." Black oxidized gold "feuille" hands. Notes Production of this reference began in 1986. This is the first selfwinding wristwatch with a tourbillon movement and is the smallest in the world. The movement is only 4,8 mm. thick and the back of the case is used as a back plate. For the first time, a tourbillon cage was made in in titanium, a light, strong, and resistant metal. Audemars Piguet
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-04-23
