Audemars Piguet - The Hong Kong Watch Auction: XIX Hong Kong Saturday, November 23, 2024 | Phillips
  • Manufacturer: Audemars Piguet
    Year: Circa 1997
    Reference No: 25720BA
    Movement No: 355’919
    Case No: D7’949
    Model Name: Star Wheel
    Material: 18K yellow gold
    Calibre: Automatic, cal. 2124 , 33 jewels
    Bracelet/Strap: Leather
    Clasp/Buckle: 18K yellow gold Audemars Piguet pin buckle
    Dimensions: 36mm diameter
    Signed: Case, dial, movement and buckle signed
    Accessories: Accompanied by Audemars Piguet instruction manual, service invoice, fitted presentation pouch and outer packaging.

  • Catalogue Essay

    First introduced in 1991, the Audemars Piguet Star Wheel reimagined a 17th century horological rarity into a neo-vintage sensation. Three sapphire disks with printed hours rotate on a center wheel, with the hour pointing the minutes on the upper portion of the dial, conjuring visual intrigue.

    This yellow gold example encapsulates the Star Wheel's delicate beauty. A guilloché lower dial creates striking contrast against the pristine white minute track. The almost invisible sapphire disks rotate around the dial to present the correct time.

    With imaginative mechanics housed in a slender case, the Star Wheel achieved contemporary grace without compromising horological creativity. This alluring example pays tribute to one of Audemars Piguet's most poetic complications.

  • 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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Ref. 25720BA
An unusual and attractive yellow gold wristwatch with rotating discs display, guilloché dial and presentation box

Circa 1997
36mm diameter
Case, dial, movement and buckle signed

Estimate
HK$120,000 - 200,000 
€14,000-23,400
$15,400-25,600

Sold for HK$177,800

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The Hong Kong Watch Auction: XIX

Hong Kong Auction 23 - 24 November 2024