310,500 HKD
“Astronomic Dress Watch” Audemars Piguet, No. 15950, Made in the 1950s. Very fine and rare, slim, astronomic, 18K yellow gold minute repeating keyless dress watch with two-tone dial, perpetual calendar, moonphases and lunar calendar. Accompanied by an Audemars Piguet morocco box. Three-body, “variée”, polished inclined bezel, brushed band, hinged bow, brushedback with polished edge. Two-tone, silvered, applied yellow gold bâton indexes, subsidiary dialsfor months and four-year cycle, days of the week and date, subsidiary seconds with lunar calendar, aperture for the moon-phases. Yellowgold "bâton" hands. Notes The present lot is a typical example of a complicated dress watch from the mid 20th century, and demonstrates Audemars Piguet’s desire to continue making high quality watches in the tradition of the firm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-07-10
