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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.
The present John Shaeffer Répétition Minutes Quantième Perpétuel is preserved in like new condition. Numbered 02 it is part of the celebrated "John Shaeffer" series of complicated wristwatches in cushion-shaped cases, launched in the 1990s.
From 1906 until the 1920s, Audemars Piguet manufactured approximately thirty-five minute repeating wristwatches, including the cushion-shaped minute repeating wristwatch made for John Wallace Shaeffer, Vice President of the Allied Chemical Corporation, located in Morristown, New Jersey. Sold at auction in 1989, this famous watch is presently in the collection of the Audemars Piguet Museum and served as inspiration for the firm's limited edition "John Shaeffer" series. A pink gold example of the present model is illustrated in Audemars Piguet 20th Century Complicated Wristwatches, p. 298.
The present John Shaeffer Répétition Minutes Quantième Perpétuel is preserved in like new condition. Numbered 02 it is part of the celebrated "John Shaeffer" series of complicated wristwatches in cushion-shaped cases, launched in the 1990s.
From 1906 until the 1920s, Audemars Piguet manufactured approximately thirty-five minute repeating wristwatches, including the cushion-shaped minute repeating wristwatch made for John Wallace Shaeffer, Vice President of the Allied Chemical Corporation, located in Morristown, New Jersey. Sold at auction in 1989, this famous watch is presently in the collection of the Audemars Piguet Museum and served as inspiration for the firm's limited edition "John Shaeffer" series. A pink gold example of the present model is illustrated in Audemars Piguet 20th Century Complicated Wristwatches, p. 298.