AUDEMARS PIGUET. A VERY FINE AND RARE OVERSIZED 18K GOLD SKELETONIZED AUTOMATIC MINUTE REPEATING PERPETUAL CALENDAR CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES AND 52-WEEK INDICATION

SIGNED AUDEMARS PIGUET, "TRIPLE COMPLICATION AUTOMATIQUE", NO. 1, CASE NO. D46580, CIRCA 1995

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AUDEMARS PIGUET. A VERY FINE AND RARE OVERSIZED 18K GOLD SKELETONIZED AUTOMATIC MINUTE REPEATING PERPETUAL CALENDAR CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH MOON PHASES AND 52-WEEK INDICATION
Signed Audemars Piguet, "Triple Complication Automatique", No. 1, Case No. D46580, circa 1995
With gilt-finished skeletonized lever movement visible between two sapphire crystals, 49 jewels, mono-metallic compensation balance, micrometer regulator, adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, minute repeating on two gongs activated by a slide in the band, 18k gold rotor, four subsidiary dials indicating constant seconds combined with day, 30 minute register combined with date, month combined with leap year indicator and 52-week indication combined with phases of the moon, the heavy circular case with stepped convex bezel and teardrop-form lugs, sapphire crystal display back, case, dial and movement signed, with 18k gold Audemars Piguet buckle
42mm diam.

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Accompanied by an elaborate Audemars Piguet wood presentation box with automatic watch winder, leather envelope, magnifying glass and key.

Audemars Piguet introduced the "Triple Complication" wristwatch in 1992 with chronograph, perpetual calendar and minute repeating functions. For a similar non-skeletonized example see Brunner, Pfeiffer-Belli & Wehrli, Audemars Piguet, pp. 278-279.

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