Live Auction 16128Important Watches and Private Collections
AUDEMARS PIGUET. A FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE PLATINUM LIMITED EDITION RECTANGULAR CARILLON MINUTE REPEATING WRISTWATCH WITH POWER RESERVE
Lot 2430 THE PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE SWISS COLLECTOR

AUDEMARS PIGUET. A FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE PLATINUM LIMITED EDITION RECTANGULAR CARILLON MINUTE REPEATING WRISTWATCH WITH POWER RESERVE

SIGNED AUDEMARS PIGUET, RÉPÉTITION CARILLON, EDWARD PIGUET MODEL, REF. 25935 PT, MOVEMENT NO. 486’255, CASE NO. E 41969, CIRCA 2000

Closed28 May 2018

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HKD 375,000

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AUDEMARS PIGUET. A FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE PLATINUM LIMITED EDITION RECTANGULAR CARILLON MINUTE REPEATING WRISTWATCH WITH POWER RESERVE
SIGNED AUDEMARS PIGUET, RÉPÉTITION CARILLON, EDWARD PIGUET MODEL, REF. 25935 PT, MOVEMENT NO. 486’255, CASE NO. E 41969, CIRCA 2000
Movement: Cal. 2877, manual, 33 jewels, carillon minute repeating on three hammers onto three gongs, signed
Dial: Signed
Case: Glazed display back secured by 4 screws, repeating slide in the band, 27.5 mm. wide, signed
With: Platinum Audemars Piguet deployant clasp, Certificate of Origin dated 22 October 2001, product literature, presentation box and outer packaging

Specialist note

Highly attractive and rare, the present timepiece amazes through its excellent overall condition and high level of complication. Introduced in 2000, the watch was created in a limited number of 20 examples to pay homage to Edward Piguet, one of the founders of the firm in 1875.

Considered as part of the noblest complications, the minute repeater was developed to answer the need of knowing time in the dark, a more than common occurrence when electrical illumination was first non-existent and later only present in major cities. With a very attractive tone, the beauty of the carillon minute repeating mechanism can be observed through the sapphire crystal case back, with three hammers operating on three gongs, delivering a clear and melodious tone.

Offered with its Certificate of Origin as well as presentation box, the timepiece represents a rare opportunity to acquire a highly complicated and rare tiempiece of the Audemars Piguet manufacture.