Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 14, 2006

LOT 340

?Métropolis? Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Jules Audemars - Métropolis - Quantième Perpétuel?, No. 506180, case No. E 57295. Made circa 2000. Very fine and rare, ?World Time,? self-winding, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar and an 18K pink gold Audemars Piguet deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and a certificate.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, straight lugs, transparent case back secured with 5 screws, push button at 5 to adjust the world time function, sapphire crystals. D. Textured off-white with applied pink gold dots and stylized Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the days, date, and months, with leap year and at 6 the world time indication for major cities with revolving white/blue 24 hours. Pink gold "feuille" hands. M. Cal. 2120/4, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 40 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shockabsorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance-spring, skeletonized and hand-engraved rotor with 21K gold segment. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness: 11 mm.