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Audemars Piguet, made for Tiffany & Co. A fine and slim 18K gold openface minute repeating keyless lever dress watch

CASE AND MOVEMENT WITH AUDEMARS PIGUET'S SERIAL NO. 9'705, DIAL SIGNED TIFFANY & CO., MANUFACTURED IN 1905

Details

Audemars Piguet, made for Tiffany & Co. A fine and slim 18K gold openface minute repeating keyless lever dress watch
Case and movement with Audemars Piguet's serial no. 9'705, dial signed Tiffany & Co., manufactured in 1905
Cal. 18''' SMV nickel-finished Extra movement, 29 jewels, minute repeating on two hammers, engine-turned silvered dial, black hard enamel Breguet numerals on blank chapter ring, blued steel Breguet hands, subsidiary seconds, slim circular case, inlaid white enamel initials to the hinged back, case and movement numbered by maker, dial signed by retailer
47 mm. diam.

Literature

Prominently described and illustrated in Louis Benjamin Audemars - His Life and Work by Hartmut Zanke, pp. 32 & 33, pl. T7.

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Lot Essay

According to the Archives of Audemars Piguet, the present watch, calibre SMV 18''' movement no. 9705 engraved "adjusted Extra", minute repeater, 18K yellow gold case, dial with guilloché center, enamelled Breguet-style numerals and blued steel Breguet-style hands, was made and sold in 1905.

A similar ultra-thin Extra quality minute repeating calibre SMV movement is illustrated in Audemars Piguet by Gisbert L. Brunner, Christian Pfeiffer-Belli, Martin K. Wehrli, p. 114, pl. 83c.

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