-Audemars Piguet 1930 Art Deco Watch Necklace In Platinum And 4.86 Ctw Diamonds
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: 17.65 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
