Audemars Piguet. A very fine, rare and unique titanium cushion-shaped minute repeating wristwatch

SIGNED AUDEMARS PIGUET, JOHN SHAEFFER MODEL, PIECE UNIQUE, REF. 25760, MOVEMENT NO. 412821, CASE NO. D-82476, MANUFACTURED IN 1996

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Audemars Piguet. A very fine, rare and unique titanium cushion-shaped minute repeating wristwatch
Signed Audemars Piguet, John Shaeffer model, Piece Unique, ref. 25760, movement no. 412821, case no. D-82476, manufactured in 1996
With nickel-finished lever movement, 34 jewels, minute repeating on two polished steel hammers onto two gongs, the anthracite dial with luminous Arabic numerals, luminous hands, subsidiary seconds, in cushion-shaped satined case with polished raised bezel, the glazed display back secured by four screws, repeating slide in the band, stainless steel Audemars Piguet buckle, case, dial and movement signed
33 mm. wide

Lot Essay

According to the Archives of Audemars Piguet, the present watch, a unique piece, was manufactured in 1996 and sold on 29 August 1996.

Part of the celebrated "John Shaeffer" series of complicated wristwatches in cushion-shaped cases, launched in the 1990s, it is cased in titanium which is more expensive but 40 percent lighter and more corrosion resistant than stainless steel.

From 1906 until the 1920s, Audemars Piguet manufactured approximately thirty-five minute repeating wristwatches, including the cushion-shaped minute repeating wristwatch made for John Wallace Shaeffer, Vice President of the Allied Chemical Corporation, located in Morristown, New Jersey.

Sold at auction in 1989, this famous watch is presently in the collection of the Audemars Piguet Museum. It served as inspiration for Audemars Piguet's limited edition "John Shaeffer" series.

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