Lot Essay
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.
Consigned by an Important Private Collector, the present timepiece represents a rare opportunity to acquire an immensely fine grand complication from one of the great maisons of horology. Furthermore, the watch is offered with the full set of accessories and is preserved in extremely good overall condition
The Jules Audemars collection pays tribute to one of the manufacture's founders and is a refined line embodying a legacy of intricate knowledge inherited from traditional horology.
A minute repeater, tourbillon and chronograph are a selection of complications not often seen together, but using their prowess as one of the finest watch makers in existence, Audemars Piguet have combined them very effectively with the calibre 2874. Consisting of 504 parts and exhibiting fine finishing from Geneva stripes to engine turning and features a compensated balance for the 1 minute tourbillon and column wheel chronograph. Cased in 18k white gold and diamond-set, this use of material and the large case giving sizable resonance chamber provides an acoustic signature to that is rich and distinct, significantly more pleasing to the ear than many of the minute repeaters in the market.
Consigned by an Important Private Collector, the present timepiece represents a rare opportunity to acquire an immensely fine grand complication from one of the great maisons of horology. Furthermore, the watch is offered with the full set of accessories and is preserved in extremely good overall condition
The Jules Audemars collection pays tribute to one of the manufacture's founders and is a refined line embodying a legacy of intricate knowledge inherited from traditional horology.
A minute repeater, tourbillon and chronograph are a selection of complications not often seen together, but using their prowess as one of the finest watch makers in existence, Audemars Piguet have combined them very effectively with the calibre 2874. Consisting of 504 parts and exhibiting fine finishing from Geneva stripes to engine turning and features a compensated balance for the 1 minute tourbillon and column wheel chronograph. Cased in 18k white gold and diamond-set, this use of material and the large case giving sizable resonance chamber provides an acoustic signature to that is rich and distinct, significantly more pleasing to the ear than many of the minute repeaters in the market.