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Lot 321
Audemars Piguet. A fine and elegant 18K white gold gold openface perpetual calendar keyless lever watch with moonphase and box
SIGNED AUDEMARS PIGUET, NO. 33567, MANUFACTURED IN 1929
Closed11 November 2013
Price Realised
CHF 43,750
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Specialist note
With Audemars Piguet burgundy presentation box.
According to the Archives of Audemars Piguet, production of the present watch started in 1925 with a movement calibre 17 1/2 SVF3. Following its upgrade with a perpetual calendar mechanism in the workshops of Audemars Piguet, the calibre designation changed to 17 1/2 SVFQ3, enhancing the rarity of the watch. It was sold in 1929 to the firms' retailer E. Gallopin & Co. located in Geneva and St Moritz for the sum of CHF1375.
According to the Archives of Audemars Piguet, production of the present watch started in 1925 with a movement calibre 17 1/2 SVF3. Following its upgrade with a perpetual calendar mechanism in the workshops of Audemars Piguet, the calibre designation changed to 17 1/2 SVFQ3, enhancing the rarity of the watch. It was sold in 1929 to the firms' retailer E. Gallopin & Co. located in Geneva and St Moritz for the sum of CHF1375.