Audemars Piguet. A fine and attractive ultra-thin 18K gold wristwatch with large hobnail bezel and hidden lugs
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Audemars Piguet. A fine and attractive ultra-thin 18K gold wristwatch with large hobnail bezel and hidden lugs

SIGNED AUDEMARS PIGUET, GENÈVE, REF. 5093, CASE NO. 16'272, MOVEMENT NO. 74'298, CIRCA 1959

Closed11 November 2013

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Audemars Piguet. A fine and attractive ultra-thin 18K gold wristwatch with large hobnail bezel and hidden lugs
Signed Audemars Piguet, Genève, ref. 5093, case no. 16'272, movement no. 74'298, circa 1959
Cal. 2003 mechanical movement, 17 jewels, two-tone champagne dial, baton numerals, thin circular case, large bezel with hobnail pattern, back secured by three screws, 18K gold Audemars Piguet buckle, case, dial and movement signed
35 mm. diam.

Specialist note

According to the Archives of Audemars Piguet, the present watch was sold in 1959.

The present example features the ultra-thin caliber 2003 with a breaking record thickness of only 1.64 mm. Caliber 2003 was introduced in 1953 as a replacement of 9'''ML.

Similar examples are illustrated in Audemars Piguet Masterpieces of classical watchmaking, by Gisbert L. Brunner, Christian Pfeiffer-Belli, Martin K. Wehrli, 1992, p. 201 and 268.