$20,060
World’s Smallest Tourbillon Automatique Audemars Piguet, Genève, "World’s Smallest Tourbillon Automatique", No. 172. Made circa 1987. Very fine and unusual, rectangular "galbé", thin, self-winding, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator and an integral 18K yellow gold and abalone shell Audemars Piguet link bracelet with deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped bezel, back winder, sapphire crystal. Yellow gold and abalone shell in a sunray 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.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-12-05
