25,960 CHF
Pink Gold “Star Wheel Millenary” Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Star Wheel Millenary", No. E 26861, Ref. 25898BA. Made in a limited edition of 75 examples in pink gold to mark the 125th anniversary of Audemars Piguet in 2000. Very fine, rare and unusual, large, horizontal oval, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with wandering hours, galuchat strap and an 18K pink gold Audemars Piguet deployant clasp. Accompanied by a certificate. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, the back with 6 screws, curved straight lugs, sapphire crystal. Sand-finished gray and off-white, the Arabic hours on three transparent sapphire discs, each with four painted numerals, on the right a sector indicating the 59-minutes in white painted Arabic numerals and indexes underlined by an off-white painted sector over which the hours pass, at the center, a steel wheel with three arms, each ended by a self-rotating screw activating the discs. Cal. 2224, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 35 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, 21K gold rotor segment.Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 41 x 37 mm. Thickness 9 mm. Notes The watch is a limited edition, with 50 pieces in yellow gold, 75 in pink gold, and 125 in stainless steel. The solid back is engraved "Serie Limitee 125 Ans". The Star Wheel Millenary (Ref. 25898) was created in 2000 to commemorate Audemars Piguet's 125th anniversary in 2000
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-10-14
