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New York, Nov 28, 2001

LOT 470

Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Star Wheel Automatic", case No. D 11280. Produced circa 1992.Very fine and unusual, self-winding 18K yellow gold, epicycloidal gentleman's wristwatch.

C. three-body, solid, polished and brushed, transparent back, stepped bezel, sapphire crystal. D. white and "guilloché" gold, the hour graduation on three translucent sapphire discs, each with four painted black hour indicators, on the top, white sector indicating the 60 minutes in painted Arabic numerals and indexes, at the center, a rhodium-plated wheel with three arms, each ended by a self-rotating screw, activating the discs. M. Cal. 2124, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 33 jewel, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted for heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, 21K gold rotor segment.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 36 mm.