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Audemars Piguet. A fine and very attractive 18K gold chronograph wristwatch with champagne dial

SIGNED AUDEMARS PIGUET & CO., GENEVA, RETAILED BY CORONA, NUMBER 44'572, MANUFACTURED IN 1939

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Audemars Piguet. A fine and very attractive 18K gold chronograph wristwatch with champagne dial
Signed Audemars Piguet & Co., Geneva, retailed by Corona, number 44'572, manufactured in 1939
With gilt-finished highly jewelled lever movement, bimetallic compensation balance, the champagne dial with black hard enamel extended baton and Arabic numerals, outer tachymetre scale, two engine-turned subsidiary dials indicating constant seconds and 30 minutes register, in circular case with downturned lugs, snap on back, two oval chronograph buttons in the band, case and movement signed by maker, dial signed by maker and retailer
33 mm. diam.

Lot Essay

According to the Archives of Audemars Piguet, the present watch was sold to Corona, their retailer in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in January 1940.

A similar watch, numbered 44'508, is illustrated in Audemars Piguet by Gisbert L. Brunner, Christian Pfeiffer-Belli, Martin K. Wehrli, second edition, p. 241, pl. 333.

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