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AUDEMARS PIGUET FOR GUBELIN, A RARE 18ct. GOLD OPEN FACED KEYLESS LEVER PERPETUAL CALENDAR AND SPLIT SECOND CHRONOGRAPH POCKET WATCH WITH PHASES OF THE MOON AND LUNAR CALENDAR signed E. Gubelin, Lucerne, No.14759, circa 1910.
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AUDEMARS PIGUET FOR GUBELIN, A RARE 18ct. GOLD OPEN FACED KEYLESS LEVER PERPETUAL CALENDAR AND SPLIT SECOND CHRONOGRAPH POCKET WATCH WITH PHASES OF THE MOON AND LUNAR CALENDAR signed E. Gubelin, Lucerne, No.14759, circa 1910.

Details
AUDEMARS PIGUET FOR GUBELIN, A RARE 18ct. GOLD OPEN FACED KEYLESS LEVER PERPETUAL CALENDAR AND SPLIT SECOND CHRONOGRAPH POCKET WATCH WITH PHASES OF THE MOON AND LUNAR CALENDAR
signed E. Gubelin, Lucerne, No.14759, circa 1910.
22-jewel movement with eight adjustments, bimetallic compensation balance with micrometer adjustment to the regulator, wolf's tooth winding, gold cuvette, silvered dial with Roman numerals, outer seconds divided into fifths, subsidiary date, day of the week and month dials, moonphase aperture with lunar calendar, blued steel hands, signed and numbered polished case, chronograph buttons in the crown and band, diameter 57mm.
Provenance
This watch belonged to Frank Green (1861-1954) a wealthy Yorkshire gentleman who bought and restored Treasurer's House in York from 1897 to 1914. The grandson of an industrialist from Wakefield, Green used his fortune to rescue and restore Treasurer's House to what he thought was its original appearance. He furnished the house with his collection of furniture and antiques and gave the house and contents to the National Trust in 1930. The first house to be aquired by the Trust complete with its contents. Frank Green could afford to indulge expensive tastes and was noted for his sartorial elegance, one can quite imagine how this watch appealed to his exacting eye.

Thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
For a watch numbered 14827 signed for Gubelin and dating from 1912, see: Audemars Piguet by Brunner, Pfeiffer-Belli, Wehrli; page 153.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

The design, finish and serial number of the movement of this watch shows that it was undoubtedly made by Audemars Piguet for Gubelin. From around 1900, Audemars Piguet began to put their own signatures on their movements and dials. However, watches ordered by very special customers such as Gubelin, Cartier, Golay and Tiffany continued to be signed with the name of the customer.

Although this watch does not have a year indication it is a perpetual calendar. The date dial compensates for the varying number of days per month and is self-correcting for the leap years.

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