Audemars Piguet
Mini Cobra | A white gold and diamond-set bracelet watch with monogram dial, Circa 1985
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June 17, 03:24 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description
Dial: blue monogram and diamond-set
Caliber: cal. 2080 mechanical, 20 jewels
Movement number: 313'832
Case: 18k white gold, snap on case back
Case number: C53'313
Closure: 18k white gold Audemars Piguet bracelet with folding clasp
Size: 23 x 22 mm, bracelet circumference approximately 140 mm
Signed: case, dial and movement
Box: no
Papers: no
Net weight: 51.70 g
While the 1970s for Audemars Piguet was most famous for being the decade that introduced the world to the iconic Royal Oak, a lesser known family of integrated bracelet watches was first conceived by the creative geniuses in Le Brassus in the same period.
Nicknamed the 'Cobra' for the sinuous lines that reflect of each link on a bracelet like scales on the back of a serpent, these bracelet watches were offered in white and yellow gold and embodied the spirit of excess during the 1970s and 80s. The present 'Mini Cobra' is a smaller, elliptical shaped iteration of its more famous cousin the round Reference 5403, and it possesses all the hallmarks of a Cobra from its integrated bracelet to its diamond-set dial. What makes it especially special, is the unusual monogram dial dotted with the AP logo.