Audemars Piguet

'N°001', Reference 5548PT | A platinum perpetual calendar wristwatch with moon phases and Tuscany blue dial | Circa 1983

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Auction Closed

May 12, 11:39 AM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 40,000 CHF

Lot Details

Description

Dial: Tuscany blue

Calibre: cal. 2120/1 automatic, 36 jewels

Movement number: 226'769

Case: platinum, snap-on case back

Case number: N°001, B89'924

Closure: platinum Audemars Piguet buckle

Size: 36 mm diameter

Signed: case, dial and movement

Box: yes

Papers: no

Accessories: Audemars Piguet Digital Extract from the Archives, setting pin and presentation case with outer packaging

Please note that the reference is 5548PT and that the watch is made in 1983 and not as previously stated. The catalogue note has been updated to reflect this.

At times when quartz movements were threatening to change the watch industry forever, Audemars Piguet carried on with what they have always been doing best: creating extraordinary mechanical watches. They combined a perpetual calendar with an automatic movement and launched the reference 5548 in 1978. The watch was very successful remained in production until circa 1991.

The current watch ticks all the boxes for any serious collector: it comes directly from the first owner, remains in very good condition, is equipped with a rare and extremely sought after blue 'Tuscan' dial and is - last but not least - bearing the number 1, indicating that it is the first of these 32 platinum models. It comes with a digital extract from the archives of Audemars Piguet, a setting pin and a presentation case with outer packaging.