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  • Manufacturer: Audemars Piguet
    Year: Circa 1990s
    Reference No: 25873PT.OO.D002XX.01
    Movement No: 435'645
    Case No: E10715; Tourbillon No. 12
    Model Name: Jules Audemars Tourbillon
    Material: Platinum
    Calibre: Automatic, cal. 2875, 41 jewels
    Bracelet/Strap: Crocodile
    Clasp/Buckle: Platinum Audemars Piguet deployant clasp
    Dimensions: 39mm Diameter
    Signed: Case, dial, movement, and clasp signed.
    Accessories: Accompanied by digital Audemars Piguet Extract from the Archives.

  • Catalogue Essay

    A watchmaker by training and trade, Jules-Louis Audemars founded Audemars Piguet in 1875 alongside his partner, also a watchmaker, Edward-Auguste Piguet, when both were in their early twenties. Once the company was up and running focusing on high watchmaking complications, Piguet concentrated on the “front-of-house” aspects of the business, while Audemars took charge of the technical horological work. The maison’s early horological accomplishments were therefore achieved under the helm of Jules Audemars, such as creating the first minute-repeating wristwatch movement in 1892, and their “Grande Complication” in 1899.

    Fittingly, in the early 1990s Audemars Piguet launched the reference 25873, incorporating a tourbillon and an automatic movement, as well as a power reserve and date display. Within beats the automatic caliber 2875 and a stunning achievement of mechanical mastery. To reduce the thickness of the movement, Audemars Piguet implemented a bumper winding system rather than a rotor, shifting the placement of the crown from its typical location at 3 o’clock to the reverse of the case.

    Production of the present model was exceptionally limited, with each example hand-engraved with its series number. The current piece bears the number 12, and is only the second example to ever appear on the secondary market in platinum with smooth white dial. Wearable and well-preserved, this uncommon reference 25873 is a wonderful and well-sized “neo-vintage” timepiece for the connoisseur.

  • 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. 25873PT.OO.D002XX.01
A mechanically exceptional and rare platinum tourbillon wristwatch with power reserve and date indication

Circa 1990s
39mm Diameter
Case, dial, movement, and clasp signed.

Estimate
$20,000 - 40,000 
CHF18,000-36,000
€18,500-37,000
HK$156,000-313,000
S$26,900-53,800

Sold for $78,740

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The New York Watch Auction: EIGHT

New York Auction 10 - 11 June 2023