Audemars Piguet - Hong Kong Watch Auction: THREE Hong Kong Monday, November 28, 2016 | Phillips

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  • Manufacturer: Audemars Piguet
    Year: Circa 2000
    Movement No: 543'621
    Case No: E58370
    Model Name: Edward Piguet
    Material: 18k white gold
    Calibre: Mechanical, 2881, 19 jewels
    Bracelet/Strap: Black Audemars Piguet crocodile leather strap
    Clasp/Buckle: 18k white gold Audemars Piguet folding deployant clasp
    Dimensions: 29 mm. width
    Signed: Case, dial and movement signed
    Accessories: With Audemars Piguet fitted presentation box and outer packaging.

  • Catalogue Essay

    Audemars Piguet was the first company to fit the tourbillon system into a wristwatch with an ultra-thin case in 1986. To build on this success, Audemars Piguet has since presented many tourbillon models combined with other watch complications. The present Edward Piguet model is characterised by a unique rectangular curved case enhanced with art-deco inspired lines. It features a tourbillon mechanism visible through a glazed aperture on the engine-turned dial and ensures optimal precision and originality.

  • Artist Biography

    Audemars Piguet

    Swiss • 1881

    A specialist in the manufacture of complications since it was established in 1881, Audemars Piguet never ceases to impress with a rich history of creating bold, even audacious, timepieces underpinned by traditional watchmaking at its finest. This Le Brassus-based Swiss manufacturer is one of only two major manufacturers still owned by the founding family. Since its earliest days, AP is considered a leader in the field of minute repeaters and grande complication pocket and wristwatches. The brand is devoted to preserving the history of watchmaking in the Vallée de Joux, showcased at their superb museum in Le Brassus.

    Today, the brand is best known for its Royal Oak models, a revolutionary luxury sports watch launched in 1972. Other key models include early minute repeating wristwatches, vintage chronograph wristwatches, such as the oversized reference 5020, perpetual calendar watches and the Royal Oak Offshore, first introduced in 1993.

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A very fine and rare white gold rectangular tourbillon wristwatch

Circa 2000
29 mm. width
Case, dial and movement signed

Estimate
HK$240,000 - 400,000 
€28,200-47,000
$30,000-50,000

Hong Kong Watch Auction: THREE

Hong Kong Auction 29 November 2016