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Audemars Piguet. A fine and rare 18K white gold square jump hour wristwatch with unusual lugs and bracelet

SIGNED AUDEMARS PIGUET & CO., DIAL BEARING THE SIGNATURE CARTIER, NO. 38'617, MANUFACTURED IN 1928

Fermé16 November 2009

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Audemars Piguet. A fine and rare 18K white gold square jump hour wristwatch with unusual lugs and bracelet
Signed Audemars Piguet & Co., dial bearing the signature Cartier, no. 38'617, manufactured in 1928
Cal. GHSM 10''' nickel-finished lever movement, 17 jewels, bimetallic compensation balance, silvered matte dial, window for the jumping Arabic hours, outer applied Arabic numerals for the five minute divisions with central hand, subsidiary seconds, square case, snap on back with engraved inscription S.L.R. from W.H. 2.13.1929, enlarged straight flexible lugs, mesh bracelet and 14K gold deployant clasp signed Cartier, case and movement numbered and signed by maker, dial bearing the signature Cartier
25 mm. wide & 41 mm. overall length

Note du spécialiste

According to the Archives of Audemars Piguet, the present watch was sold on 24 November 1928 to Metric Watches New York, one of their agents in the United States.

Examples of similar jump hour wristwatches are illustrated in Audemars Piguet by Gisbert L. Brunner, Christian Pfeiffer-Belli, Martin K. Wehrli, first edition, p. 185, pl. 158, and p. 210, pl. 218.