Important Watches and Wristwatches
St-moritz, Badrutt's Palace Hotel, Feb 25, 1990
LOT 255
Audemars Piguet, Genève, No. 45980, 1947, with certificate. The archives of Audemars Piguet show that only 2 examples of this watch were produced. Extremely fine and rare, large. astronomic, 18ct pink gold and stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch, with square button chronograph, register and tachometer, triple date and moon phases with the additional original dial.
CHF 120,000 - 160,000
Sold: CHF 201,500
C. massive, polished, bi-color, teardrop lugs. D. mat silver, with applied gold indexes and Arabic numerals + auxiliary dials for the 30 minutes register and the months, the seconds and the days of the week, the days of the month, the lunar calendar, outer tachometer graduation, aperture for the lunations. "Bâton" gold hands. M. 13''', rhodiumed, "faussescôtes" decoration. 19 jewels. lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 8 positions, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. In very good condition. Diam. 35 mm.
