Bonhams 1793 : Audemars Piguet. A very fine and rare miniature 18ct gold minute repeating pocket watch Retailed by Tiffany & Co., Circa 1910

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18 Dec 2012 14:00 GMT London, New Bond Street
Fine Watches and Wristwatches
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Audemars Piguet. A very fine and rare miniature 18ct gold minute repeating pocket watch

Retailed by Tiffany & Co., Circa 1910
10-lignes Rhodium plated Swiss lever movement with bi-metallic balance wheel, two small steel polished hammer striking on a gong, champagne dial with black Arabic Breguet numerals and outer five minute divisions, blued steel Breguet hands, polished round hinged case with LVD case maker's mark, flat-top bow, plain cuvette, dial signed Tiffany
26mm.

Sold for £16,250 inc. premium

Footnotes

A similar watch is illustrated in "Audemars Piguet" by Gisbert Brunner, Christian Pfeiffer-Belli, and Martin K. Wehrli, p.116, photos 85 a, b, and c.

From 1906 to the 1920's, some 35 minute-repeating watches of 10''', 11''', and 12 lignes were made in their workshops, 20 of which were to intended for wristwatches. Certain of these ebauches were finished, cased, and sold during later decades. After the death of the two founders, Audemars Piguet created the smallest minute-repeating watch and in 1911, the 10''' movement. All Audemars Piguet products were sold in Le Brassus, Geneva, London, Paris, Berlin and New York. The manufacturers worked in collaboration with important retailers all over the world. Their clients included, among others: Dent and Frodsham in London, Tiffany in New York, Cartier and Breguet in Paris, Bulgari in Rome, and Dürrstein in Glashütte and Dresden.

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