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Lot 163
AUDEMARS PIGUET. A FINE AND RARE 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC TOURBILLON WRISTWATCH WITH POWER RESERVE AND DATE
SIGNED AUDEMARS PIGUET, JULES AUDEMARS TOURBILLON, REF. 25718BA CASE NO. 8, D7914, MANUFACTURED IN 1993
Closed13 May 2019
Price Realised
CHF 23,750
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Specialist note
This endangered species strap is shown for display purposes only and is not for sale. The watch will be supplied with a calf leather strap.
According to the Archives of Audemars Piguet, the present wristwatch was sold in 1993 in Switzerland.
This “Jules Audemars Tourbillon” is preserved in very good overall condition. It is no. 8 of this model made in an exceedingly small series.
Ref. 25781 was introduced in 1991 as the world's first wristwatch combining a tourbillon, an automatic movement, a power reserve and a date indication. Furthermore it is notable for its streamlined case devoid of crown, which has been moved to the back, and its calibre 2875 which features a pendulum oscillating weight as self-winding mechanism rather than the traditional rotor.
The model is illustrated and described in Gisbert L. Brunner, Christian Pfeiffer, Martin K. Wehrli "Audemars Piguet", Munich 1993, p. 276.
According to the Archives of Audemars Piguet, the present wristwatch was sold in 1993 in Switzerland.
This “Jules Audemars Tourbillon” is preserved in very good overall condition. It is no. 8 of this model made in an exceedingly small series.
Ref. 25781 was introduced in 1991 as the world's first wristwatch combining a tourbillon, an automatic movement, a power reserve and a date indication. Furthermore it is notable for its streamlined case devoid of crown, which has been moved to the back, and its calibre 2875 which features a pendulum oscillating weight as self-winding mechanism rather than the traditional rotor.
The model is illustrated and described in Gisbert L. Brunner, Christian Pfeiffer, Martin K. Wehrli "Audemars Piguet", Munich 1993, p. 276.