Audemars Piguet. An extremely fine and important, large and heavy, possibly unique 18K pink gold hunter case Grande and Petite Sonnerie striking trip minute repeating two-train keyless lever chronograph clockwatch with perpetual calendar, central minute counter and moon phases
Audemars Piguet. An extremely fine and important, large and heavy, possibly unique 18K pink gold hunter case Grande and Petite Sonnerie striking trip minute repeating two-train keyless lever chronograph clockwatch with perpetual calendar, central minute counter and moon phases Signed Audemars Piguet & Cie. and Audemars, Genf, “Grande Sonnerie à Minutes, Chronographe, Compteur de Minutes, Calendrier Perpétuel et Phases Lunaires”, the movement attributed to Louis Elisée Piguet, no. 4289, sold to E. Francillon & Co. on 14 December 1895 Movement: cal. 19 ? ’’’, manual, two-train with tandem winding, jewelled to the centre, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold and platinum adjustment screws, blued steel balance spring with Phillips terminal curve, swan-neck micrometer regulator, striking and repeating with two polished steel hammers on two gongs, chronograph work on the back plate, the column wheel with screwed cap, signed on the dial plate Dial: white enamel, calendar in German, Louis XV hands, signed Audemars Case: four-body, the front cover engraved with a foliate monogram “HW”, repeat slide, chronograph button and hand setting button in the band, the buttons locking when the cover is closed, levers in the bezel for Strike/Silent and Quarters/Hours and Quarters selection, numbered 4289 and with case maker’s mark P+P, German gold mark, hinged gold cuvette signed and numbered and engraved with the technical details, German gold mark, 60 mm. diam.