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New York, Nov 28, 2001

LOT 473

Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Chrono Quantième Automatic", case No. C 97950, retailed by Asprey. Produced in the 1990's.Very fine, astronomic, self-winding, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, perpetual calendar and moon phases, 45 hours autonomy, and an 18K pink gold Audemars Piguet buckle.

C. three-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped bezel with signature, sapphire crystal. D. off-white with applied pink gold indexes, 4 auxiliary sunk dials for the seconds and days of the month, the 30 minute register, leap year and months, the 12 hour register and days of the week, the gold and blue moon phases, (registers and seconds in red Arabic numerals), outer ring for the tachometer graduation to 500 units/hour. "Bâton" pink gold hands. M. Cal. 2126, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" deoration, 33 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, 21K gold rotor.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 40 mm.