AUDEMARS PIGUET. A FINE AND RARE TITANIUM CUSHION MINUTE REPEATING WRISTWATCH

SIGNED AUDEMARS PIGUET, REPETITION MINUTES, "JOHN SHAEFFER", NO. 2, CASE NO. D82943, CIRCA 1994

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AUDEMARS PIGUET. A FINE AND RARE TITANIUM CUSHION MINUTE REPEATING WRISTWATCH
Signed Audemars Piguet, Repetition Minutes, "John Shaeffer", No. 2, Case No. D82943, circa 1994
With nickel-finished lever movement, 32 jewels, mono-metallic compensation balance, adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, minute repeating on two gongs activated by a slide in the band, black matte dial with luminescent Arabic numerals, luminescent hands, subsidiary seconds, cushion case with stepped bezel, the sapphire crystal display back secured by four screws, case, dial and movement signed, with stainless steel Audemars Piguet buckle
32mm width

Lot Essay

Audemars Piguet created their first wristwatch with minute repeater in 1907 for the famed American industrialist John Schaeffer, who had the watch personalized with the letters of his name as the numerals. His desired shape for the case was to be of the cushion-form. The present watch represents Audemars Piguet's reinvention of this original and classic design produced in limited series.

For an illustration of the original John Schaeffer wristwatch see Brunner, Pfeiffer-Belli & Wehrli, Audemars Piguet, p. 255.

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