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| Audemars Piguet - White Gold & Diamonds - Tourbillon -
Minute Repeater - Chronograph
Audemars Piguet, Genève, Jules Audemars - Tourbillon - Minute Repeater - Chronograph,
No. 678321, case No. F 96022, Ref. 26118 BC. Made in 2007, sold February
18th, 2008.
Extremely fine and rare, large, water resistant, minute-repeating, 18K white gold
and diamond wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator, round button
chronograph, register and an 18K white gold and diamonds Audemars Piguet
deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted wooden box, Certificate of Origin,
guarantee, instruction booklet and a piano-shaped box to amplify the sound of the
minute repeater.
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| C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, bezel set with 36 Top Wesselton baguette
diamonds total 3.40 carats, sides and lugs set with 415 Top Wesselton brilliants total
3.98 carats, straight lugs, transparent case back with 6 screws, sapphire crystals.
D. Sunburst guilloché black with applied white gold radial Roman numerals on a plain
reserve, outer 1/5th seconds track with 5-minute/seconds Arabic markers, 30-minute register at 3, aperture for the visible tourbillon
regulator under a polished steel bridge at 6, carrying the blued steel seconds hand. White gold feuille hands.
M. Cal. 2874, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes and oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 38 jewels, lateral lever escapement with visible oneminute
tourbillon regulator with steel cage and 3 equidistant polished steel arms, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold and
5 positions, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band.
Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 43 mm. Thickness 14 mm. |
Estimate: 200,000 USD - 300,000 USD
Estimate: 150,000 EUR - 225,000 EUR
Estimate: 210,000 CHF - 310,000 CHF
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| To the best of our knowledge, this highly jeweled piece was made in 3 examples only. |
Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
15-09-2010 |
Sold including buyer's premium:
242,500 USD |
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