$333,200
"Cabinet Watch No. 2" Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Jules Audemars - Tourbillon Répétition Minutes Quantième Perpetuel", No. 480786, case No. E 43330, Ref. 25948PT. Made in a limited edition of only 20 pieces circa 2000, the second watch in the “Tradition of Excellence” cabinet series. Extremely fine and rare, large, minute-repeating, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator, perpetual calendar and a platinum Audemars Piguet deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped bezel, straight lugs, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. Satiné silver with applied white gold radial Roman numerals, in center vertical "fausses côtes" decoration, subsidiary dials for the days of the week and the months, apertures for the large 2-digit date, the leap years and the visible tourbillon regulator under a polished steel bridge at 6, carrying the seconds hand. Black oxydized gold "feuille" hands. Cal. 2869, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 38 jewels, lateral lever escapement with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator with steel cage and 3 equidistant polished steel arms, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold and 5 positions, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 43 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Notes Cabinet Series This lot is the second edition in Audemars Piguet’s “Tradition
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-12-07
