158 Audemars Piguet Catching and Attractive, Calatrava-style “Stop Seconds”, Wristwatch in Yellow Gold, Guillochè Dial, With Extract from the Archives, Reference 5065BA

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Model: Stop Seconds Reference: 5065BA Case Material: Yellow Gold Bracelet Material: Leather Strap Year: 1951 Movement: Manual Caliber: 13 VZSSC Case N°: 323 Movement N°: 53627 Dimensions: 36 mm Signed: Dial, Movement and Case Accessories: Extract from the Archives Connect Audemars Piguet to the solo, albeit iconic, Royal Oak is rather simplistic. Before the advent of the model designed by Gerald Genta in 1970 and in all its more than 140 years of history, Audemars Piguet has always played a leading role in the world of watchmaking for its highly complicated watches equipped with numerous complications such as calendars or moon phases but also for some very elegant dress watches. The present handsome and classic mid-century Audemars Piguet time only offered here is surprising in all its essentiality. This reference 5065BA has been manufactured in the 1951 and presents the classic size, for the time, for the case with 36 mm. Fully realized in 18k yellow gold, it has been admirably preserved and is equipped with an extremely fine and original movement. The movement is not the common used for a time only watch, in fact, it was modified, and with a side button at 9 o’clock the seconds hand stops and allow the user to synchronize the time. The elegant case is, moreover, decorated with straight lugs and the snap on the back in yellow gold too. The lovely silvered guillochè dial is in overall pleasing conditions: the original color has been nicely preserved while still very sharp and shiny are the applied baton and Arabic numerals in yellow gold for the hours. The entire composition leaves no space for imagination but remains faithful to the essentiality with the mere presence of thin hands in gold for hours and minutes and the central one for the seconds. This one is true fine watch for the real connoisseurs of tasteful timepieces of the mid-century.