AUDEMARS PIGUET

AUDEMARS PIGUET, REF. 25670.002, QUANTIEME PERPETUAL, NO 011, PLATINUM A extremely fine and rare, platinum self-winding wristwatch with perpetual calendar, skeletonized dial, diamond-set bezel, diamond hour markers and moonphases. Possibly only 9 pieces are made in platinum. Brand: Audemars Piguet Model: Quantieme Perpetual Reference: 25670.002 Year: circa 1993 Case: C97886, 011 Movement: 324296 Caliber: 2120/2800 Bracelet: leather strap with platinum AP buckle Diameter: 36mm. Weight: 53gr. (approx.) Signature: dial, case and movement Accesories: AP fitted box, certificate, instruction booklet Grading System: EXCEPTIONAL Case: 2-8 (Very good , Slightly scratched) Dial: 2-01 (Very good , HANDS Original) Movement: 2* (Very good , Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense) EUR: 34,300 - 58,000 CHF: 31,400 - 53,000 USD: 38,300 - 64,000 JPY: 6,060,000 - 10,090,000 Property of an important Hong Kong Collector The present timepiece is a platinum, diamond-set, skeletonised perpetual calendar by Audemars Piguet — Reference 25670PT — belonging to a small series of round-cased platinum skeletonised perpetual calendars the manufacture began in 1987 with the Reference 25592PT. Possibly only nine examples are believed to have been produced in platinum. Consigned by its original owner, who acquired the watch in Hong Kong and has preserved it ever since, it is offered with its original certificate and presentation box. The case bevels remain crisp, and every hallmark and engraving i s exceptionally sharp. At its heart beats calibre 2120/2800, developed from 1978 at Audemars Piguet in the depths of the quartz crisis. At 3.95mm it remains the thinnest self-winding perpetual calendar movement of its time. In the mid-1980s, AudemarsPiguet skeletonised it — turning a hidden mechanism into a visible argument against the invisibility of quartz. The 25670PT belongs to the mature phase of that argument. Platinum anchors it in the rarest of metals; diamonds at thebezel and hour markers frame the skeletonized calibre beneath; the exposed movement declares the craft it took half acentury to defend. It stands among the rarest perpetual calendars Audemars Piguet has ever produced.

Estimation:34.579,20€

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