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LOUIS AUDEMARS, AN IMPORTANT 18ct. YELLOW GOLD OPEN FACED KEYLESS LEVER TWO TRAIN MINUTE REPEATING POCKET WATCH WITH CALENDAR, MOONPHASE, FLYING FIFTHS, THEMOMETER AND SINGLE BUTTON SPLIT-SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH signed Louis Audemars, Brassus, No.10517, circa 1870.
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LOUIS AUDEMARS, AN IMPORTANT 18ct. YELLOW GOLD OPEN FACED KEYLESS LEVER TWO TRAIN MINUTE REPEATING POCKET WATCH WITH CALENDAR, MOONPHASE, FLYING FIFTHS, THEMOMETER AND SINGLE BUTTON SPLIT-SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH signed Louis Audemars, Brassus, No.10517, circa 1870.

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LOUIS AUDEMARS, AN IMPORTANT 18ct. YELLOW GOLD OPEN FACED KEYLESS LEVER TWO TRAIN MINUTE REPEATING POCKET WATCH WITH CALENDAR, MOONPHASE, FLYING FIFTHS, THEMOMETER AND SINGLE BUTTON SPLIT-SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH signed Louis Audemars, Brassus, No.10517, circa 1870.
frosted gilt finished lever movement jewelled to the hammers, bimetallic compensation balance with blued overcoil hairspring, two trains wound in tandem, flying fifths arbor and escape wheel with capped endstone jewels, white enamel dial with outer arabic seconds markers, three subsidiary dials indicating two dual time zones combined with day and date dials, constant seconds combined with flying fifths of a second, moonphase aperture combined with lunar calendar and a themometer sector below, case (No.10517) with repeating slide in the band, calendar and handsetting pushers, cuvette inscribed Ls. Audemars, Brassus, and listing the Exposition prize medals gained between 1851 and 1863, the back engraved with a monogram, casemaker's initials MF, diameter 52mm.


This lot is sold with rosewood fitted box of the retailer Bruder Klumak of Vienna.
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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

Among the many interesting features contained in this watch is the early form of split seconds chronograph work. Both hands are operated by one button.

The split second system is operated in the following manner:

1st push starts both hands
2nd push stops one hand
3rd push stops 2nd hand
4th push brings hands together and resets the chronograph.


This watch was sold on 15th December 1870 for 4000 Swiss Francs. There are two other known watches with similar features, the first No.5194 is owned by Audemars Piguet and was originally presented as a prize for the Epson Derby. The other No.10586 also dating from 1870 is in the museum at Le Santier.

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