Audemars Piguet - Phillips Watches Online Auction: The Hong Kong Sessions, Fall 2024 Hong Kong Friday, September 20, 2024 | Phillips
  • Condition Report

  • Manufacturer: Audemars Piguet
    Year: Circa 1988
    Reference No: 25657
    Movement No: 286’726
    Case No: C40’601, No. 2831
    Model Name: Quantième Perpétual
    Material: 18K yellow gold
    Calibre: Automatic, cal. 2120/2800, 38 jewels
    Bracelet/Strap: Leather
    Clasp/Buckle: 18K yellow gold Audemars Piguet deployant clasp
    Dimensions: 36mm diameter
    Signed: Case, dial, movement and clasp signed
    Accessories: Accompanied by Audemars Piguet certificate stamped Emperor Watch & Jewellery Co. Hong Kong, dated June 1988, purchase invoice, instruction manual, product literature, setting pin, hang tag, key, fitted winding presentation box and outer packaging.

  • Catalogue Essay

    - When Audemars Piguet unveiled the groundbreaking Quantième Perpétuel in 1978 as the world's thinnest automatic perpetual calendar amidst the quartz crisis, it heralded a new era for traditional watchmaking.

    - The refined ref. 25657 launched in the early 1980s stood among the manufacture's very first "modern" perpetual calendars.

    - Serving as a creative canvas, the ref. 25657 gave rise to Audemars Piguet's most imaginative and daring executions - from the "Quadrifoglio" four-leaf clover editions to mesmerizing Tuscan and skeletonized dials.

    - The restrained "Audemars Piguet" font exudes vintage allure, which later models lack. Recessed subdials create depth and mesmerizing light effects, hinting at the dial's Stern Créations origins - also supplier to Patek Philippe and Rolex.

    - Preserved in excellent condition with its full set of accessories, the present Quantième Perpétual is a timepiece for the connoisseur who appreciates timeless aesthetics.

  • Artist Biography

    Audemars Piguet

    Swiss • 1881

    A specialist in the manufacture of complications since it was established in 1881, Audemars Piguet never ceases to impress with a rich history of creating bold, even audacious, timepieces underpinned by traditional watchmaking at its finest. This Le Brassus-based Swiss manufacturer is one of only two major manufacturers still owned by the founding family. Since its earliest days, AP is considered a leader in the field of minute repeaters and grande complication pocket and wristwatches. The brand is devoted to preserving the history of watchmaking in the Vallée de Joux, showcased at their superb museum in Le Brassus.

    Today, the brand is best known for its Royal Oak models, a revolutionary luxury sports watch launched in 1972. Other key models include early minute repeating wristwatches, vintage chronograph wristwatches, such as the oversized reference 5020, perpetual calendar watches and the Royal Oak Offshore, first introduced in 1993.

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Ref. 25657
A very fine and attractive yellow gold perpetual calendar wristwatch with moon phases, certificate and presentation box

Circa 1988
36mm diameter
Case, dial, movement and clasp signed

Estimate
HK$80,000 - 160,000 
€9,200-18,400
$10,300-20,500

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Phillips Watches Online Auction: The Hong Kong Sessions, Fall 2024

20 - 27 September 2024