Lot 111
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Audemars Piguet, made for Gübelin Ostertag. A fine and rare 18K white gold rectangular jump hour wristwatch
Audemars Piguet, made for Gübelin Ostertag. A fine and rare 18K white gold rectangular jump hour wristwatch

SIGNED AUDEMARS PIGUET & CO. AND M.S.A. OSTERTAG, NO. 39600, MANUFACTURED IN 1929

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Audemars Piguet, made for Gübelin Ostertag. A fine and rare 18K white gold rectangular jump hour wristwatch
Signed Audemars Piguet & Co. and M.S.A. Ostertag, No. 39600, manufactured in 1929
Cal. 10''' GHSM circular nickel-finished lever movement, 17 jewels, bimetallic compensation balance, in rectangular case with square and fan-shaped apertures for the Arabic jumping hours and minutes to the top, hinged back with engraved inscription W.V.R.S. Jan. 3, 1933, case and signed M.S.A. Ostertag and numbered, movement signed Audemars Piguet & Co. and M.S.A. Ostertag and numbered
36 mm. overall length

Lot Essay

According to the Archives of Audemars Piguet, the present watch was billed to Gübelin in Switzerland in 1929 who most certainly ordered it on behalf of their client Ostertag.

A similar model is illustrated in Ore d'Oro 2 by Jader Barracca, Giampiero Negretti, Franco Nencini, p. 112.
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