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AUDEMARS PIGUET. A FINE 18K GOLD RECTANGULAR MINUTE REPEATING JUMP HOUR WRISTWATCH WITH CUSTOM-MADE GLAZED BACK

SIGNED AUDEMARS PIGUET, REPETITION MINUTES, NO. 33, MOVEMENT NO. 373162, CASE NO. D-22104, CIRCA 1993

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AUDEMARS PIGUET. A FINE 18K GOLD RECTANGULAR MINUTE REPEATING JUMP HOUR WRISTWATCH WITH CUSTOM-MADE GLAZED BACK
Signed Audemars Piguet, Repetition Minutes, No. 33, movement no. 373162, case no. D-22104, circa 1993
With nickel-finished lever movement, 34 jewels, minute repeating on two polished steel hammers onto two gongs, the white dial with outer Arabic five minute divisions, central hand, window for the jumping Arabic hours, subsidiary seconds, the rectangular case with custom-made back with glazed aperture, repeating slide in the band, together with an 18K gold Audemars Piguet buckle, case, dial and movement signed
29 mm. wide & 38 mm. overall length

Lot Essay

Accompanied by Audemars Piguet Certificat d'Authenticité dated 19 August 1993, Certificat d'Origine et de Garantie dated 29 March 1994, plain 18K gold back, original fitted veneer presentation box and outer packaging.

Upon special request by the present owner, the watch was fitted by Audemars Piguet with the present, custom-made back with glazed aperture allowing to see the movement and, according to the owner, improving the sound of the minute repeating.

The model was launched in 1992 and was the first minute repeating wristwatch featuring a jumping hour display. It is illustrated in Audemars Piguet by Gisbert L. Brunner, Christian Pfeiffer-Belli, Martin K. Wehrli, first edition, p. 277.

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