$33,350
“John Shaeffer “ Audemars Piguet, Genève, John Shaeffer, "Jump Hour - Répétition Minutes", No. 4, movement No. 398995, case No. D 80685. Made in the 1990s. Very fine and rare, cushion-shaped, minute-repeating, jumphour, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Audemars Piguet buckle. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, transparent case back, flat and rounded bezel, sapphire crystals. White enamel with painted Arabic numerals for the minutes, aperture below 12 for the jump hour indication, subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel "cathédrale" hand. Cal. 2865, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 32 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 33 x 33 mm. Thickness 9 mm. Notes Audemars Piguet, "John Shaeffer" The original Shaeffer watch is published in Audemars Piguet by G.L. Brunner, C. Pfeiffer-Belli and M.K. Wehrli, p. 255. The first Audemars Piguet watch with minute repeater was created in 1907 for the famous American industrialist John Shaeffer, who wanted to personalize his watch by having Audemars Piguet position the letters of his name on the hour markers. The historic tonneaushaped case has been reintroduced by Le Brassus manufacture, with its dimensions slightly revised: wider and a little rounder than the original.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-12-07
