Unique central 24-hour second time zone
Fully integrated movement
Elements of surprise

by Ian Skellern

At a preview before a Christie’s watch auction in Geneva, I found myself particularly attracted to this impeccable Louis Audemars pocket watch. It features a minute repeater, perpetual calendar, chronograph, and moon phase and is from circa 1880. It is 135 years old and shows not a wrinkle!

Louis Audemars pocket watch circa 1880 featuring minute repeater, perpetual calendar, and chronograph

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Louis Audemars pocket watch circa 1880 featuring minute repeater, perpetual calendar, and chronograph

The absolutely sublime movement of this Louis Audemars pocket watch circa 1880 featuring minute repeater, perpetual calendar, and chronograph

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Quick Facts
Case: hunter, 18-karat gold, 56 mm, engine-turned
Movement: minute repeater, perpetual calendar, chronograph, moon phase indicator; signed L. Audemars, Brassus, Suisse, no. 14’261, circa 1880
Functions: repeater on two steel hammers, gold cuvette, white enamel dial, month and leap year, day, date and moon phases with lunar calendar and seconds
Price realized: $56,496 (estimate $43,000 – $63,000) on May 11, 2015 at Christie’s Important Watches auction in Geneva