Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong,the Ritz Carlton Hotel,harbour Room, 3rd Floor, Nov 25, 2006

LOT 28

"Diamond Birds in the Trees" Audemars Piguet, Brassus and Geneva, No. 243964, caliber 5020, Ref. C27978. Made in a limited number in 1988. Very fine and elegant, thin, 18K yellow gold and diamond-set keyless dress watch with skeletonized diamond-set scenic movement.

C. Two-body, stepped bezels and curved band, glazed on both sides. D. Black gold hands against exposed movement. M. Cal. 5020, 37 mm, rhodium-plated skeletonized, the plates pierced, engraved and shaped, diamond-set yellow gold skeletonized plate over the movement decorated with four birds amongst trees, 20 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and five positions, self-compensating flat balance spring, shock absorber. Case and movement signed. Diam. 43 mm.