BRAND: Audemars Piguet
MODEL: Sapphire-set bezel
CASE MATERIAL: 18k yellow & white gold
CASE MEASURES: 29 x 37 mm
MOVEMENT: Manual
FUNCTIONS: Time
CONDITION: Fine
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A vintage Audemars Piguet watch in 18k yellow and white gold, produced circa mid 1950s. This special piece features a channel-set blue sapphire baguettes for the hours on a broad flat satin finish white gold bezel, encased in a 29 mm yellow gold case. The craftsmanship is particularly exquisite in the way the sapphires appear invisibly set, a technique achieved by cutting grooves to accommodate the sides of the sapphires allowing them to slide in. The white dial has been previously refinished, displaying elongated black hashes for minute marks, gold sword-shaped hands and subsidiary seconds. Quite rare and unique, great conversational piece for a vintage aficionado. This model appeared in an issue of Audemars Piguet Second Edition, 2000 by Brunner et. al., figure 188.
Older refinished dial.
7 mm thick case.
AP cal. 2002, 18 jewels manual winding to 4 positions.
Case# 470x Movement# 586xx
Sapphire crystal.
New premium non-AP leather strap.
17 mm lug width.
Modeled on 6 inch wrist.