Audemars Piguet 1910 Flat Quality EXTRA Pocket Watch Minute Repeater 18k Gold
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Audemars Piguet, Attributed High Quality Pocket Watch with minute repeater, 18K gold retailed by Hauser Zivy & Cie., Mexico-Paris, "La Esmeralda, "1910$8.340, - Audemars Piguet, Attributed High Quality Pocket Watch with minute repeater, 18K gold retailed by Hauser Zivy & Cie., Mexico-Paris, "La Esmeralda, "1910. DescriptionDetailsAbout me Audemars Piguet, Attributed High Quality Pocket Watch with minute repeater, 18K gold retailed by Hauser ...Zivy & Cie., Mexico-Paris, "La Esmeralda, "1910Case. Swiss Extra flat case (7, 3mm high) Four-body, bassine, polished. Snap case-Brezel, Hinged gold cuvette, Back lid with hidden hinge. Swiss 18k control mark, LeLocle, 1882-1933, case no. 3810, Bach lid with Inscription, « G L Rodriges ». The case is in very nice condition.Dial. Masive Silver with applied yellow gold , stylized Arabic numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds at 6. Original Blued steel Breguet hands. Dail No. On back. 3810 /113. Dial and hands are in very nice undamaged condition.Movement. Audemars Kaliber SMV. 18''' lines, Guilt and frosted, brigde movement Quality EXTRA, extra flat, (3, 4mm Movm.) Ajusted in 5 Pos. And 2 tempratures, 29 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, finely polisched steel Anchor and Anchor wheel, bimetallic gold screw compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on 2 gongs activated by a slide on the band. Smal centrifugal governor.Dimensions 47 mm. Hight 7, 3mm, weight 60g.Dial nr. 3810 / 113. Movm. nr. 3810 / 14096. Case nr. 3810.The watch is unsigned and is attributed to Audemars Piguet on the basis of evidence in the professional literature.Brand: Attributed to Audemars Piguet, Retailed by Hauser Zivy & Cie., Mexico-Paris, "La Esmeralda, " Signature, none, see the book: Gisbert L. Brunner, Christian Pfeiffer-Belli, Martin K. Wehrli: „Audemars Piguet, Meisterwerke klassischer Uhrmacherkunst“ Page 111, No. 77, 112. No. 79, Movm, 115 No. 84b, Audemars Cal. SMVA simular watch, Signed Audemars Piguet, was sold in Geneva, May 15, 2016 for US$, 9.400, - and another in May 12, 2013, Attributed to Audemars Piguet, but only 32mm wide was sold for 15.000, - USD.La Esmeralda - Hauser Zivy & Cie.
Hauser Zivy & Cie. was founded by Mr. Hauser and Mr. Zivy, owners of "La Esmeralda", the most important jewellers in Mexico City during the second half of the 19th century. Besides fine watches the firm was also selling jewellery, musical boxes and works of art. In addition they were the agents of the silversmith Christofle and the glass manufacturer Baccarat. The building housing "La Esmeralda" at Calle de Francisco I. Madero is still today a historical landmark and considered one of Mexico City's finest examples for illustrating the influence of European architects at the turn of the 19th century.
Audemars Piguet Founded in 1875 by Jules Audemars and Edward Piguet, under the name "Audemars Piguet, Manufacture d´Horlogerie". Jules Audemars was born in Le Brassus in 1851, where he trained under master watchmakers of the area. After his apprenticeship, Jules Audemars began work as a "repasseur" until 1874, then settled in Gimel and opened a small business. He did not obtain the success he had hoped, probably due to the recession which was then beginning, and eighteen months later he returned to Le Brassus, looking for a new situation more in keeping with his exceptional watchmaking skill. Edward Auguste Piguet, born two years after Jules Audemars, received a similar education. He completed his training as a"repasseur" under Charles Capt.. The two met in 1875 in Le Brassus.
The Audemars Piguet company was officially founded in 1889. Nevertheless, a brand was registered at the "Office technique de l´Edition et de la Publicité" in Bern, on December, 6, 1882, for movements and watch cases. In the records, Audemars Piguet & Cie is described as operating all year long and employing 10 male employees. In 1880, a branch was opened in Geneva. Gifted with exceptional technical abilities, Jules Audemars became the firm's technical manager. He patented several inventions in Switzerland and in the USA, and traveled extensively, particularly to America, where he was fascinated by the potential for trade. Edward Piguet was the financial specialist of the firm. The two men managed the company together until 1918, when Jules Audemars died at the age of 67. Edward Piguet died the following year. Certain of their models became symbolic of the skill and technique of Audemars Piguet. Their minute-repeating, perpetual calendar, split-seconds chronograph pocket watch was presented at the Paris Universal Exhibition in 1889. They opened stores in Paris, London, Berlin and New York, and made watches of different styles: French, English, German and American. They took part in several important exhibitions and fairs.
Around 1915, the company began manufacturing wristwatches, while still continuing the production of traditional and complicated pocket watches. They made many repeating watches. In 1920, after the death of the two founders, Audemars Piguet created the smallest minute-repeating watch, and, in 1911, the 10``` movement. Audemars Piguet products were sold in Le Brassus, Geneva, London, Paris, Berlin and New York. The manufacture worked in collaboration with important importers and retailers all over the world. Their clients included, among others: Dent and Frodsham in London, Tiffany in New York, Cartier and Breguet in Paris, Bulgari in Rome, La Esmeralda - Hauser Zivy & Cie in Mexico and Dürrstein in Glashütte and Dresden. After the New York Stock Exchange crash in 1929, Audemars Piguet, like other manufactures, lost a large part of their American clientele. While 1932 was the worst year in the firm´s history, the firm remained in the hands of the Audemars Piguet families and their descendants. By 1933, the economic situation had greatly improved, and at the start of WWII, the major part of the Audemars Piguet production was destined for the USA. Later, in response to the strong interest in skeleton wristwatches and pocket watches, Audemars Piguet included these among their standard production. They remain so today, as do their famous complicated pocket watches invented over 100 years ago. brand:Audemars Piguet -Zugeschriebenmaterial:18k Goldsize:47mmweight:60gcase:Open face / lepine-Gehäusemovement:Anker Hemmungdial:emaille / Enamelmark:Swiss 18K Goldmarks 1882-1933features:Minuten-repetition/ Min repeaterage:1910condition:sehr schön / very nicecaliber:18```number:t.1490country:Swiss The love for old things has kept me working as an antique dealer for over twenty-five years. Originally born in Denmark, I have been living in Berlin for a long time. Curiosity and the desire to expand my specialist knowledge lead to a lively exchange with collectors. Not least through these contacts I constantly buy estates and collections and get beautiful old things again and again. Always on the search for small and large treasures, the quality and the high craftsmanship of the individual pieces mean a lot to me. For over 15 years I have been concentrating on trading on ebay. A fast, customer-friendly and uncomplicated process is particularly important to me.
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