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Louis Audemars, Gold Hunter with Perpetual Calendar, 1876
Estimated price for orientation: 195 000 $
Category: Antique
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Description Condition: Pre-owned: An item that has been used or worn previously. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitions- opens in a new window or tab ... Read moreabout the condition Year of Manufacture: Pre-1920
Louis Audemars, Gold Hunter with Perpetual Calendar, 1876Louis Audemars gold hunter No. 12.766 with minute repetition, perpetual calendar and independent jumping centre second, lunar phase and age, movement made in about 1876, case later.
Cf. Louis-Benjamin Audemars: His Life and Work; Hartmut Zantke; p. 366
Provenance: Collection Hartmut Zantke
Unusually heavy and large, engine-turned, stepped, six-piece 18ct gold case with five-piece recessed hinges, big external slide to activate strike-work, small slide at 12 o’clock to stop jumping centre second. Signed “No. 12.766 Louis Audemars BRASSUS & GENVE” on dome. Diameter 64 mm.
Enamel dial with Roman hour numerals, four subsidiary dials: display for date at 3 o’clock, lunar phases and age at 6 o’clock, days at 9 o’clock and months with leap years at 12 o’clock, blued hour/minute spade steel hands, two small gold hands.
Gilded Audemars bridge caliber, two wheel trains, three barrels, winding wheels with stop-work, completely jewelled with crimson rubies, compensation balance with gold screws with blued Brguet balance-spring, Audemars counterpoised lever (bishop’s crook lever), polished and bevelled steel levers, glazed movement, strike-work with two hammers on two gongs.
Functional, very good condition with minimal traces of wearComment: Complicated watch weighing 384 grams, typical top quality Audemars construction.Functional, very good condition with minimal traces of wearLouis-Benjamin Audemars: His Life and Work; Hartmut Zantke; p. 366Shipping costs excl. statutory VAT and plus 2,5% (+VAT) shipping insurance.
Description
| Condition: | Pre-owned: An item that has been used or worn previously. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitions- opens in a new window or tab ... Read moreabout the condition | Year of Manufacture: | Pre-1920 |
Louis Audemars, Gold Hunter with Perpetual Calendar, 1876Louis Audemars gold hunter No. 12.766 with minute repetition, perpetual calendar and independent jumping centre second, lunar phase and age, movement made in about 1876, case later.
Cf. Louis-Benjamin Audemars: His Life and Work; Hartmut Zantke; p. 366
Provenance: Collection Hartmut Zantke
Unusually heavy and large, engine-turned, stepped, six-piece 18ct gold case with five-piece recessed hinges, big external slide to activate strike-work, small slide at 12 o’clock to stop jumping centre second. Signed “No. 12.766 Louis Audemars BRASSUS & GENVE” on dome. Diameter 64 mm.
Enamel dial with Roman hour numerals, four subsidiary dials: display for date at 3 o’clock, lunar phases and age at 6 o’clock, days at 9 o’clock and months with leap years at 12 o’clock, blued hour/minute spade steel hands, two small gold hands.
Gilded Audemars bridge caliber, two wheel trains, three barrels, winding wheels with stop-work, completely jewelled with crimson rubies, compensation balance with gold screws with blued Brguet balance-spring, Audemars counterpoised lever (bishop’s crook lever), polished and bevelled steel levers, glazed movement, strike-work with two hammers on two gongs.
Functional, very good condition with minimal traces of wearComment: Complicated watch weighing 384 grams, typical top quality Audemars construction.Functional, very good condition with minimal traces of wearLouis-Benjamin Audemars: His Life and Work; Hartmut Zantke; p. 366Shipping costs excl. statutory VAT and plus 2,5% (+VAT) shipping insurance.
Cf. Louis-Benjamin Audemars: His Life and Work; Hartmut Zantke; p. 366
Provenance: Collection Hartmut Zantke
Unusually heavy and large, engine-turned, stepped, six-piece 18ct gold case with five-piece recessed hinges, big external slide to activate strike-work, small slide at 12 o’clock to stop jumping centre second. Signed “No. 12.766 Louis Audemars BRASSUS & GENVE” on dome. Diameter 64 mm.
Enamel dial with Roman hour numerals, four subsidiary dials: display for date at 3 o’clock, lunar phases and age at 6 o’clock, days at 9 o’clock and months with leap years at 12 o’clock, blued hour/minute spade steel hands, two small gold hands.
Gilded Audemars bridge caliber, two wheel trains, three barrels, winding wheels with stop-work, completely jewelled with crimson rubies, compensation balance with gold screws with blued Brguet balance-spring, Audemars counterpoised lever (bishop’s crook lever), polished and bevelled steel levers, glazed movement, strike-work with two hammers on two gongs.
Functional, very good condition with minimal traces of wearComment: Complicated watch weighing 384 grams, typical top quality Audemars construction.Functional, very good condition with minimal traces of wearLouis-Benjamin Audemars: His Life and Work; Hartmut Zantke; p. 366Shipping costs excl. statutory VAT and plus 2,5% (+VAT) shipping insurance.