1990s Audemars Piguet Edward Piguet White Gold 15121 29x45.5mm
Ref: 15121BC.OO.A002CR.01
Specification
Lugs : 22mm
Condition : Pre-Owned
Box & Papers : None
Case Material : 18ct White Gold
Warranty : 12-Months NON-Waterproof Warranty
Points of Mention
This watch is sold “Watch Only” and, therefore, comes without its original Audemars Piguet box or paperwork. It comes paired with a well-suited 22mm leather strap and stainless steel pin buckle. The watch is from Circa. mid/Late 1990s and is in lightly worn condition; as you can see from the photos, it is in excellent overall condition. The watch comes with our 12-Months NON-Waterproof Warranty.
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The Watch
Here we have a classic 1990s Audemars Piguet Edward Piguet 15121 with a 29mm 18ct White Gold “Tank” shaped case. Its elegantly sculpted, stepped, polished and brushed flanks have a subtle curve towards the rounded lugs, a comfortable lug-to-lug length of 45.5mm and a case thickness of 9.5mm. On the right side, there is a signed coin-edged crown. The rectangular sapphire crystal protects an incredibly mesmerising Guilloché dial. 18ct White Gold Applied numeral and baton indexes mark the hours; at 3 o’clock, a framed date window and elegant 18ct White Gold leaf hands are complemented by a tapered second hand; at 12 o’clock, we have the Audemars Piguet motif and “Automatic” underneath completes this sophisticated dress watch. On the reverse, a screwed-down solid case back with the details of the watch engraved and the Swiss hallmarks, inside an automatic AP Cal. 2140, 31 jewels, beating at 28,800 beats per hour. It comes paired with a well-suited 22mm leather strap and stainless steel pin buckle.
Personal Note
Another wonderfully rare and amazing watch by Audemars Piguet that isn't a Royal Oak and can be had for a fraction of the cost of the cheapest example Royal Oak out there. This is the Edward Piguet in 18ct White Gold featuring the most holousinegic guilloche dial, a real work of art and incredibly difficult to capture. Someone said to me that this watch looks like the brainchild of a Cartier Tank Americaine and a Franck Muller from their heyday, and I think they may be on to something there. I would not hesitate to add this wonderful watch to your collection today!
The Brand
Antoine LeCoultre founded LeCoultre in 1833 in the small village of Le Sentier, Switzerland. By 1866, LeCoultre’s workshop had grown from home-run manufacturers spread across Switzerland to installing modern steam-driven machines to power the tools of all of the watchmakers, moving them from their homes and bringing them together in one central unit. Now named LeCoultre & Cie, the company became the very first manufacturer in the Vallée de Joux, Switzerland. Antoine and his son Elie LeCoultre employed more than 500 watchmakers in-house. In 1903, Edmond Jaeger, a watchmaker in Paris making watches for the French Navy, challenged the Swiss manufacturers to produce an ultrathin movement. Elie’s son Jacques-David LeCoultre rose to the challenge and created the world’s thinnest pocket watch, measuring just 1.38 mm thick and equipped with the LeCoultre 146 calibre. Over the following years, Jaeger and LeCoultre kept in touch, building a strong friendship, and in 1937, Jaeger-LeCoultre was founded. In 2013, they celebrated their 180th Anniversary. Creating iconic timepieces like the Reverso wristwatch and the brilliantly engineered Atmos clock. During the war years, the Mark VII pilot watches of the 1940s were so accurate that the Royal Air Force used them as aerial navigation instruments; later, they created the first automatic watch to house a power-reserve indicator in 1948 that was used by the US Army Air Corps. Jaeger-LeCoultre has developed and revolutionised the watch industry like no other manufacturer. Since 2000 they have been a fully owned subsidiary of the Swiss luxury group Richemont. This group includes Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, IWC Schaffhausen, Panerai, Piaget, Vacheron Constantin, Montblanc, Dunhill and Chloé.