$18,880
"Royal Oak Perpétuel" Audemars Piguet, Genève, “Royal Oak - Quantième Perpétuel Automatique, No. 131, case No. C 94828. Made in the 1990s. Very fine, octagonal, astronomic, self-winding, water-resistant to 2 atm., 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, phases and age of the moon and an integrated, 18K yellow gold Royal Oak bracelet with white gold deployant clasp. Property of a South American Gentleman Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, lapidated octagonal bezel with 8 hexagonal white gold screws, transparent case back with 8 screws. Champagne with applied gold indexes, subsidiary dials for the days of the month, the week, the months and the age of the moon, aperture for the moon phases. Yellow gold "baton" hands. Cal. 2120/2, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 38 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, skeletonized 21K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam 39 mm. Thickness 9 mm. Notes Audemars Piguet Founded in 1875 by Jules Audemars and Edward Piguet. Audemars was born in Le Brassus in 1851, where he was trained by master watchmakers and trained as a "repasseur". Edward Auguste Piguet, born two years later, also trained as a “repasseur” under Charles Capt. At first, they worked together without making the partnership official. Then, in 1880, they opened a branch in Geneva. The Audem
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-12-07
