Important Watches
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Property from the X Collection
Audemars Piguet
Reference 26293IN.OO.D101CR.01, Grande Complication 'Marcus Watches Edition' | An open-worked PVD-coated titanium minute repeating perpetual calendar split-seconds chronograph wristwatch with moon phases and leap-year indication, Circa 2010 | 愛彼 26293IN.OO.D101CR.01 型號 Grande Complication 'Marcus Watches Edition' | 鏤空陶瓷三問萬年曆追針計時腕錶備月相及閏年顯示，約2010年製
Auction Closed
June 15, 05:21 PM GMT
Estimate
180,000 - 360,000 USD
Lot Details
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Property from the X Collection
Audemars Piguet
Reference 26293IN.OO.D101CR.01 Grande Complication 'Marcus Watches Edition'
An open-worked PVD-coated titanium minute repeating perpetual calendar split-seconds chronograph wristwatch with moon phases and leap-year indication, Circa 2010
愛彼 26293IN.OO.D101CR.01 型號 Grande Complication 'Marcus Watches Edition'
鏤空陶瓷三問萬年曆追針計時腕錶備月相及閏年顯示，約2010年製
Dial: open-worked
Caliber: cal. 2885 automatic, 52 jewels
Movement number: 719'752
Case: PVD-coated titanium, sapphire crystal display back secured by eight screws
Case number: G 90552, no. 1
Closure: titanium Audemars Piguet folding clasp
Size: 44 mm diameter
Signed: case, dial and movement
Box: yes
Papers: yes
Accessories: Audemars Piguet limited edition winding presentation box with outer packaging, Guarantee Certificate dated December 14, 2010, and operating instructions book
Audemars Piguet debuted a line of very limited and rare grand complication wristwatches in the early 2000s. For an Audemars Piguet watch to receive the moniker ‘Grand Complication’ it must contain at least three horological complications.
The present grand complication wristwatch is fitted in the iconic Gerald Genta designed Royal Oak case. Powered by the firm's incredible in-house caliber 2885 that is composed of 648 individual parts, this timepiece features a split-second chronograph, perpetual calendar and minute repeater alongside moon phases and leap year indication to a striking skeletonized dial.
Marcus Margulies is a British watch collector, retailer and patron of some of the watch industry’s most important brands. He recently sold his two magnificent Bond Street outlets that were temples to Horology. Instead, Margulies has relocated to a townhouse in Berkeley Square, where sells only the highest quality timepieces. His association with Audemars Piguet is long and deep, and he has assembled one of the most important collections of early Audemars Piguet wristwatches outside the firm's museum. This history with the brand was celebrated in a number of limited special editions for ‘Marcus’. The limited editions are designed in Marcus’s colors. The present lot features a black DLC case with a skeletonized dial with “Marcus red” accents.
According to research, this is the first time an Audemars Piguet ‘Marcus edition’ grand complication with skeletonized dial has ever been offered to the market.