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Audemars Piguet. A fine and rare 18K gold and enamel hunter case minute repeating perpetual calendar split second chronograph keyless lever watch with phases of the moon

SIGNED AND RETAILED BY E. GUBELIN, LUCERNE, NO. 12537, CIRCA 1908

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Audemars Piguet. A fine and rare 18K gold and enamel hunter case minute repeating perpetual calendar split second chronograph keyless lever watch with phases of the moon
Signed and retailed by E. Gubelin, Lucerne, No. 12537, circa 1908
18''' SMCCRQS, with nickel-finished lever movement, 35 jewels, bimetallic compensation balance, micrometer regulator, repeating on two hammers, the silvered dial with stylized Arabic numerals, blued steel moon-style hands, four subsidiary dials indicating month combined with leap year indicator and 60 minutes register, day, date and phases of the moon combined with constant seconds, the circular case enhanced with geometric black enamel detail to the rim of the front and back, pendant and bow, repeating slide in the band, split second chronograph mechanism operated by two buttons in the band, dial signed E. Gubelin, case and movement signed E. Gubelin and numbered 12537
50 mm. diam.

Lot Essay

By 1900, the Audemars Piguet signature was placed on a large percentage of watches they produced, even if they were made for other firms. There were a handful of principal customers however, including Tiffany, Cartier, Breguet and Gubelin, whom Audemars Piguet granted exceptions for. The present lot is an example of one signed exclusively by Gubelin.

Audemars Piguet confirm production of this watch and its subsequent sale to Gubelin in January 1923.

A similar model is illustrated in Audemars Piguet by Gisbert L. Brunner, Christian Pfeiffer-Belli and Martin K. Wehrli, p. 153.

For another example of a rare Audemars Piguet watch signed exclusively by Gubelin, see lot 140 in this sale.

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