Audemars Piguet 1930 Art Deco Watch Necklace In Platinum And 4.86 Ctw Diamonds

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Audemars Piguet 1930 Art Deco Watch Necklace In Platinum And 4.86 Ctw Diamonds

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Necklace pendant clock designed by Audemars Piaget. Beautiful pendant watch necklace, created in Switzerland during the art deco period by the Audemars Piguet & Co., back in the 1930. This beautiful necklace was carefully crafted with geometric octagonal shape in solid .900/.999 platinum and embellished with a great assortment of one-hundred-sixteen European round cut diamonds. The main decorative watch piece is suspended from a diamond's station chain. Movement: Rectangular, mechanical, hand winding and a crown with a round cabochon of a synthetic blue sapphire, stamped; Eighteen (18) Jewels and Seven (7) adjustments, with Ref: "25519" and signed "AUDEMARS PIGUET & CO. SWISS". Dial: Octagonal, silvered with black Arabic numbers and steel blued Breguet hands. Case: Platinum, octagonal with a hinged lid and snap closure, Ref 20645, signed Wittnauer & Co. Geneve. Platine. Diamond: Mounted in the center in a millegrain setting, with 1 European marquise cut diamond of 0.60 carats, white colorless F/G color, VS-2 clarity. Diamonds: Mount in a pave setting, with 105 European round cut diamonds, 3.18 carats, white colorless F color, VS-2 clarity. Diamonds: The station's chain is mounted in bezel settings, with 10 European round cut diamonds, 1.08 carats, white colorless F/G color, VS/SI clarity. Weight: 17.6 Grams, (11.28 Dwt). Size: The lenght of the diamond's station chain is 21 Inches, (53.3 Cm). Measurements: 40 mm by 15 mm by 8 mm (1.57 x 0.59 x 0.32 Inches). Hallmarks Stamped with Swiss marks; the maker's mark, the mark for the assay of the platinum, the reference numbers, the serial numbers and signed in full, "25519 AUDEMARS PIGUET & CO. SWISS 20645 WITTNAUER & CO. GENEVE, PLATINE". Audemars Piguet & Co. In the 1870s, both Audemars and Piguet were working separately. Audemars created complicated watch movements for different manufacturers to then finish and fit into their own cases. Piguet performed the final regulation. After they started working together in 1875, they continued this split function in different ways. Audemars oversaw the production and technical aspects of the watches while Piguet focused his time on sales and management. The name Audemars Piguet & Cie was first used in 1881. In 1892, the brand created the first-minute repeater wristwatch. By 1899 the first Grand Complication pocket watch was released by the pair, featuring a minute repeater, alarm, perpetual calendar, deadbeat seconds, chronograph, and split-seconds hand. Audemars and Piguet both tragically passed away in 1918 and 1919, but the company continued forward and saw even more success. Continuing through to today, the brand was continued on by the next generation of Audemars and Piguet, this time sons Paul Louis Audemars and Paul Edward Piguet. During the early-mid 1900s, the manufacturer continued to push for innovation within the watch community. The thinnest pocket watch caliber was released by the brand in 1925, while the first skeletonized pocket watch was released in 1934. In 1946, the brand launched the world’s thinnest wristwatch. The first Audemars Piguet perpetual calendar wristwatch was released in 1957. The brand also holds the record for the first thinnest self-winding automatic caliber featuring a central rotor that had a thickness of 2.45mm, released in 1967. (from The 1916 Company Watchbox with thanks). Literature: Sylvie Raulet, Art Deco Jewelry, 1985 Rizzoli, Pp 113-114 for similar examples from the same period illustrated. Collateral: This necklace is accompanied by a presentation jewelry box. Collateral: This piece is accompanied by a certificate appraisal prepared by a Gia certified gemologist. The certificate state the full description of this piece of jewelry and the exact information for the diamonds. Condition: The overall condition of this necklace-clock is excellent. Beside the little normal wear, there is no damage to the platinum. The 116 diamonds are secured in their settings. This piece has been carefully inspected to guarantee the condition and the authenticity. INVENTORY REF: N012224SIEN/.5076

Creator:
Audemars Piguet
Metal:
Platinum
Stone:
Diamond,White Diamond
Stone Cut:
Old European Cut
Weight:
17.65 g
Dimensions:
Height: 1.57 in (39.88 mm)Width: 0.59 in (14.99 mm)Depth: 0.38 in (9.66 mm)Length: 21 in (533.4 mm)
Style:
Art Deco
Place of Origin:
Switzerland
Period:
1920-1929
Date of Manufacture:
1930
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. The overall condition of this necklace-clock is excellent. Beside the little normal wear, there is no damage to the platinum. The 116 diamonds are secured in their settings. This piece has been carefully inspected to guarantee the condition.
Seller Location:
Miami, FL
Reference Number:
Seller: N012224SIEN/.50761stDibs: LU2690222674872

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Audemars Piguet

The story of celebrated family-owned manufacturer Audemars Piguet and its universally acclaimed, widely coveted luxury watches begins deep in the Jura Mountains in western Switzerland.

The Vallée de Joux has been a haven of watchmaking since the late 18th century, when the residents of farming communities began creating timepieces during the winter months.

Jules Louis Audemars (1851–1918) and Edward Auguste Piguet (1853–1919), both natives of the region, were already deeply entrenched in the world of watchmaking when they joined forces to form a new house of horology near the end of the 19th century, an alliance that would be the start of a multigenerational family company. With complementary specialties within the field, Audemars and Piguet made the perfect pair in 1875: Audemars, the more technically minded of the two, oversaw production, while Piguet specialized in quality control and led the business and marketing parts of the outfit.

Audemars Piguet’s first major milestone came in 1892, when it created the world’s first minute-repeating movement for a wristwatch. (It was sold to Omega, whose origins date to 1848.) That was soon followed in 1899 with the Universelle pocket watch, a masterpiece of horology that boasted a perpetual calendar, minute repeater, alarm and chronograph with jumping seconds. It is still said to be the most complicated timepiece that Audemars Piguet has ever designed.

Between 1918 and 1919, both founders of Audemars Piguet had died and were replaced by their respective sons, incidentally both named Paul. Under the leadership of Paul Louis Audemars and Paul Edward Piguet, the watchmaker continued to innovate. It retained an ever-evolving technical focus and found new praise for its efforts, producing the world’s thinnest pocket-watch caliber in 1925, the first skeletonized pocket watch in 1934 and the world’s thinnest wristwatch in 1946.

When the quartz crisis of the 1970s left many watchmakers in the lurch, Audemars and Piguet found a creative solution, tapping the Geneva-born Gérald Genta to conceive the first-ever luxury watch in stainless steel. Launched at what would become the Baselworld watch and jewelry fair in 1972, the Royal Oak, with its octagonal face and integrated bracelet, would come to define the look of Audemars Piguet and revolutionize the luxury wristwatch industry, setting a standard that continues to this day.

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