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E.S.Ettenheimer Made by E.Auguste Piguet Chronometer Excelent Condition 51mm
Estimated price for orientation: 5 000 $
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Description Brand: Audemars Piguet Band Material: Genuine Leather Gender: Men's Band Color: Brown Features: 12-Hour Dial Case Size: 48mm Movement: Mechanical (Hand-winding) Style: Luxury Water Resistance Rating: Not Water Resistant Age Group: Adult Display: Analog Serial Number: 9335 Watch Shape: Round Year of Manufacture: Pre-1920 Case Material: Stainless Steel, Gold Plated Country/Region of Manufacture: Switzerland Case Color: Silver
The roots of AP date back to 1875. Audemars Piguet was founded by Jules-Louis Audemars and Edward-Auguste Piguet in the village of Le Brassus in the Vallée de Joux, Switzerland.The 23-year-old Jules-Louis Audemars asked his childhood friend, Edward-Auguste Piguet, then 21, to establish and produce watch movements.The two soon had success with their customers.From the beginning, Jules-Louis and Edward-Auguste showed an interest in complex mechanisms. Thanks to their watchmaking family heritage, they had developed all the skill sets necessary to create complex mechanisms. Even as a child, Jules Audemars used to craft control mechanisms for complicated watches.When they joined forces, they decided to manufacture complicated movements for other luxury watchmaking companies such as Gubelin , E.S.Ettenheimer & Co., Tiffany & Co. and other. They realized they could craft and sell whole watches themselves as they had the necessary tools and expertise to start their own production.Jules-Louis Audemars and Edward-Auguste Piguet split their work. Jules-Louis produced and assembled movements while Edward-Auguste ensured the completed movements were correctly regulated. Thus Jules-Louis started producing component parts for movements and Edward-Auguste became a finisher, one of the top jobs in the watchmaking industry. A finisher is a watchmaker who performs the final regulation of the timepiece and put the finishing touches to the escapements.Later, the roles changed. Jules-Louis designed movements, created watches and dealt with technical responsibilities and managed the production and technical part of the business, while Edward-Auguste focused on sales and handled the financial side.From the beginning, Jules-Louis and Edward-Auguste's watches were prized by admirers of fine mechanical timepieces for their high quality and the precision.On 17 December 1881, Jules-Louis Audemars and Edward-Auguste Piguet officially founded "Audemars Piguet et Cie" in Le Brassus. In 1882, they presented their first complicated fob watches with perpetual calendars and minute repeater or chronograph.Since 1882, members of the Audemars and Piguet families have been on the board of directors and have, therefore, always been involved directly or indirectly in the running of the company.In 1889, AP opened its first branch in Geneva and rapidly began to grow and prosper. With its 70 workers, the manufacturer became one of the largest employers in the Vaud area.In 1907, Audemars Piguet built a new factory to accommodate all of its employees. However, this favorable period ended with the onset of the First World War.
Description
| Brand: | Audemars Piguet | Band Material: | Genuine Leather |
| Gender: | Men's | Band Color: | Brown |
| Features: | 12-Hour Dial | Case Size: | 48mm |
| Movement: | Mechanical (Hand-winding) | Style: | Luxury |
| Water Resistance Rating: | Not Water Resistant | Age Group: | Adult |
| Display: | Analog | Serial Number: | 9335 |
| Watch Shape: | Round | Year of Manufacture: | Pre-1920 |
| Case Material: | Stainless Steel, Gold Plated | Country/Region of Manufacture: | Switzerland |
| Case Color: | Silver |
The roots of AP date back to 1875. Audemars Piguet was founded by Jules-Louis Audemars and Edward-Auguste Piguet in the village of Le Brassus in the Vallée de Joux, Switzerland.The 23-year-old Jules-Louis Audemars asked his childhood friend, Edward-Auguste Piguet, then 21, to establish and produce watch movements.The two soon had success with their customers.From the beginning, Jules-Louis and Edward-Auguste showed an interest in complex mechanisms. Thanks to their watchmaking family heritage, they had developed all the skill sets necessary to create complex mechanisms. Even as a child, Jules Audemars used to craft control mechanisms for complicated watches.When they joined forces, they decided to manufacture complicated movements for other luxury watchmaking companies such as Gubelin , E.S.Ettenheimer & Co., Tiffany & Co. and other. They realized they could craft and sell whole watches themselves as they had the necessary tools and expertise to start their own production.Jules-Louis Audemars and Edward-Auguste Piguet split their work. Jules-Louis produced and assembled movements while Edward-Auguste ensured the completed movements were correctly regulated. Thus Jules-Louis started producing component parts for movements and Edward-Auguste became a finisher, one of the top jobs in the watchmaking industry. A finisher is a watchmaker who performs the final regulation of the timepiece and put the finishing touches to the escapements.Later, the roles changed. Jules-Louis designed movements, created watches and dealt with technical responsibilities and managed the production and technical part of the business, while Edward-Auguste focused on sales and handled the financial side.From the beginning, Jules-Louis and Edward-Auguste's watches were prized by admirers of fine mechanical timepieces for their high quality and the precision.On 17 December 1881, Jules-Louis Audemars and Edward-Auguste Piguet officially founded "Audemars Piguet et Cie" in Le Brassus. In 1882, they presented their first complicated fob watches with perpetual calendars and minute repeater or chronograph.Since 1882, members of the Audemars and Piguet families have been on the board of directors and have, therefore, always been involved directly or indirectly in the running of the company.In 1889, AP opened its first branch in Geneva and rapidly began to grow and prosper. With its 70 workers, the manufacturer became one of the largest employers in the Vaud area.In 1907, Audemars Piguet built a new factory to accommodate all of its employees. However, this favorable period ended with the onset of the First World War.