Audemars Piguet. A Fine and Rare Stainless Steel World Time Wristwatch
Audemars Piguet. A Fine and Rare Stainless Steel World Time Wristwatch

Signed Audemars Piguet, Geneve, No. 45953, Manufactured in 1942

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Audemars Piguet. A Fine and Rare Stainless Steel World Time Wristwatch
Signed Audemars Piguet, Geneve, No. 45953, Manufactured in 1942
Movement: Manual, Cal. 13VZAS, 18 jewels
Dial: Silvered, Arabic numerals, two subsidiary dials for seconds and world time
Case: Stainless steel, snap on back, 36mm diam.
Accompanied By: An Audemars Piguet presentation box, an Audemars Piguet leather portfolio and outer packaging

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Lot Essay

According to the archives of Audemars Piguet the present watch was manufactured in 1942.

This simplified World Time system was designed as a memory aid, facilitating the determination of the time differences between various cities of the world. These dials were available in different versions as to the "main" or "home" location which on the present watch is Rome, indicating that at noon in Rome, it would be 6:00am in New York, or 8:00pm in Tokyo for example.

For different versions of such "World Time Dial" wristwatches see Audemars Piguet by Gisbert L. Brunner, Christian Pfeiffer-Belli, Martin K. Wehrli, second edition, pp. 219 - 221.

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