213 Audemars Piguet Fine and Rare, Fancy Lugs, Round Shape Wristwatch in Yellow Gold, With Champagne Dial

Estimate: €15,000 –⁠ 30,000

Model: Fancy Lugs
Case Material: Yellow Gold
Bracelet Material: Leather Strap
Year: 1940's
Movement: Manual
Case N°: 51 960
Movement N°: 51 960
Dimensions: 33 mm
Signed: Dial, Case and Movement

Connect Audemars Piguet to the solo albeit iconic, Royal Oak is rather simplistic. Before the advent of the model designed by Gerald Genta in 1970 and in all its more than 140 years of history, Audemars Piguet has always played a leading role in the world of watchmaking for its highly complicated watches equipped with numerous complications such as calendars or moon phases but also for some very elegant dress watches. The present handsome and classic mid-century Audemars Piguet time only offered here is surprising in all its essentiality. This lot has been manufactured in the 1940s and presents the classic size, for the time, of the case with 33 mm. The elegant and thin case is decorated with uncommon long faceted lugs. Fully realized in 18k yellow gold, it has been admirably preserved and is equipped with an extremely fine and original Audemars Piguet movement. The lovely champagne dial is in overall pleasing conditions: the original color has been nicely preserved with applied dots and Roman numerals in yellow gold. The entire composition leaves no space for imagination but remains faithful to the essentiality with the mere presence of thin hands in gold for hours and minutes and the counter at six o’clock for the seconds. This one is true fine watch for the real connoisseurs of tasteful timepieces of the mid century.