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LOT 224

?Platinum Perpetual Minute-Repeat? Audemars Piguet, Genève, No. 30907, case No. 29906, retailed by E. Gübelin, Lucerne. Made in 1924. Very fine and extremely rare, thin and elegant, keyless, minuterepeating, astronomic, platinum Art Deco dress watch with perpetual calendar, moon phases and lunar calendar. Accompanied by a fitted box.

USD 60,000 - 80,000

EUR 45,000 - 60,000

Sold: USD 70,800

C. Three-body, ?demi-bassine?, brushed, monogrammed case back. D. Brushed silver with applied yellow gold Arabic numerals, outer gold minute dots, subsidiary dials for the months and 4-year cycle, date and the days of the week, moon phase aperture with seconds and lunar calendar. Yellow gold ?cathedral? hands. M. Cal. 17???, maillechort, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 32 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with peripheral gold temperature and mean time adjustment screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 46 mm.


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Grade:
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3

Good
Dial: 3-6-01

Good

Slightly oxidized

HANDS Original

Notes

Gübelin This company began in 1854 as a family business run by Maurice Breitschmid in Lucerne, Switzerland. He first advertised as a watchmaker, and as business grew, Breitschmid brought on his son-in-law, Jacques-Edouard Gübelin, as a partner. Gübelin eventually took over the company. He introduced jeweled watches and jewelry to the business in 1921 at the opening of their New York branch, after collaborating with the jeweler Edmond Frisch. Gübelin also opened branches in St. Moritz, Zurich, Geneva, Berne, Lugano and Basel. Gübelin?s sons eventually entered the family business; his eldest son, Dr. Edouard Gübelin, opened a gemological laboratory and made a name for himself internationally, while his youngest son, Walter, was drawn toward artistic expression and contributed to the company through his creative designs. This successful company has created superior quality clocks and watches for more than a century.