Important watches, wristwatches & clocks
New York, Dec 07, 1988
LOT 172
Audemars Piguet & Co, Brassus et Genève, circa 1890. Good 18-carat gold hunting cased minute repeating watch with chronograph, split seconds and special 30 minutes recorder.
USD 10,000 - 12,000
Massive four body "demi-bassine et filet" polished case, gold cuvette. White enamel dial with Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds and minute recorder. Blued steel "pear" hands. Fine nickel 18movement, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 29 jewels, straight line equilibrated lever escapement, cut bimetaIIic balance, Breguet balance-spring. Striking on gongs by mean of a slide on the band. The recorder is driven by the minute hand and not by the chronograph as usual. Very good condition. Diam. 54 mm.
