99th Auction

2019/5/11

Lot 530

Audemars Piguet Swiss, "Tourbillon Automatique", Case No. 50, Ref. BA 25643/003, 28 x 38 mm, circa 1986
An ultra-thin, automatic Geneva wristwatch in near mint condition, with tourbillon - with original box, original certificate, operating instructions and original sales tag
Case: 18k gold, push back, back winder, AP 18k gold buckle. Dial: gilt, structured, window for tourbillon cage, window for platinum-iridium pendulum winding rotor.
Audemars Piguet launched its "Tourbillon Automatique", the first self-winding wristwatch with tourbillon in 1986; it was at the time also the smallest and flattest wristwatch in the world. The self-winding mechanism uses an eccentric weight and the tourbillon case is made from titanium, with one rotation per minute. Illustrated and described in: G.L. Brunner/Ch. Pfeiffer-Belli/M.K. Wehrli "Audemars Piguet", Munich 1992, p. 274

Sold

estimated
7.00012.000 €
Price realized
13.200 €