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Reference 5561 Montre bracelet en platine à quantième perpétuel avec phases de lune | Platinum perpetual calendar wristwatch with moon phases Vers 1983 | Circa 1983
Lot Closed
March 28, 02:01 PM GMT
Estimate
26,000 - 48,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Audemars Piguet
Reference 5561
Montre bracelet en platine à quantième perpétuel avec phases de lune |
Platinum perpetual calendar wristwatch with moon phases
Vers 1983 |
Circa 1983
Cadran: bleu Tuscany, calendrier en anglais
Calibre: cal. 2120/1 automatique, 36 rubis
Numéro de mouvement: 226'067
Boîtier: platine (950°/00), fond clipsé
Numéro de boîtier: N°002, B76233
Fermoir: bracelet associé en cuir et boucle ardillon en acier
Dimensions: 36 mm
Signé: boîtier, cadran et mouvement
Ecrin: oui
Papiers: oui
Accessoires: certificat d'origine, manuel d'utilisation et écrin Audemars Piguet
Dial: Tuscany blue, calendar in English
Calibre: cal. 2120/1 automatic, 36 jewels
Movement number: 226'067
Case: platinum, snap-on back
Case number: N°002, B76233
Closure: associated leather strap and stainless steel pin buckle
Size: 36 mm
Signed: case, dial and movement
Box: yes
Papers: yes
Accessories: Audemars Piguet certificate of origin, instruction manual and presentation case
Poids brut 66.00 g |
Gross weight 66.00 g
Audemars Piguet is recognized as one of the most important Manufactures in the world. Created in 1881 and located in Le Brassus, Audemars Piguet is synonym of complicated watches, especially minute repeaters and perpetual calendars, often housed in groundbreaking design cases. The brand perfectly exemplifies the famous sentence of French couturier Christian Dior: “Respect tradition and dare insolence: you cannot have one without the other.”
The perpetual calendar is one of the signature complications of Audemars Piguet. Jules Louis Audemars himself chose this complication for his school watch (also equipped with quarter repeating and dead beat second mechanisms) that he completed before 1875 and kept improving for the following 20 years. AP produced some of the finest perpetual pocket watches and wristwatches, with the reference 5516 for example. Before the late 1970’s, these wristwatches were produced in very low numbers by a handful of Swiss Manufactures only. With the 5548, Audemars Piguet led the way, before Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin or Blancpain to a wider production of these complicated pieces.
Still in an effort to offer the finest designs, Audemars Piguet offered some multi-faceted-shaped perpetual calendar wristwatches, such as the 5561, that was renamed 25561 in 1985, on leather strap and the 5568 on attached bracelet.
These models, introduced in the early 1980's, were the first ones to be adorned by the finely chased Tuscan blue dials, ten years before the first Royal Oaks.
The Tuscan dial, made by Stern Freres, of the present has turned into an incredibly attractive and vibrant aubergine colour, providing a much striking and unique effect.
Interestingly, three last digits of the case number repeated inside the bezel, confirming that they match.
This extremely rare model appears in the 1985 Audemars Piguet catalogue.
It is also featured in Audemars Piguet 20th Century Complicated Wristwatches II, Audemars Piguet Le Brassus, pp.280.
This very important lot comes with an Audemars Piguet certificate of origin, instruction manual and presentation case, making it even more exceptional.