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Unusual Newer Audemars Piguet Pocket Watch "Click" to Login or Register 
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Picture of Ethan Lipsig
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I generally keep my acquisitions to myself (perhaps I make too many mistakes), but I thought some of you would enjoy seeing an unusual basket weave 18k Audemars Piguet pocket watch from the 1970's or 1980's that I recently acquired. The watch is 50mm wide by, well, quite narrow, and unusual to say the least.

 
Posts: 1414 | Location: Pasadena, California USA | Registered: November 11, 2005
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Picture of Ethan Lipsig
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The dial.

 
Posts: 1414 | Location: Pasadena, California USA | Registered: November 11, 2005
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Picture of Ethan Lipsig
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Basket weave

 
Posts: 1414 | Location: Pasadena, California USA | Registered: November 11, 2005
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Picture of Ethan Lipsig
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Movement

 
Posts: 1414 | Location: Pasadena, California USA | Registered: November 11, 2005
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Picture of Robert Schussel
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Ethan
The workmenship is terrific.

I still have a tough time trying to accept the fact that many of these modern watches are "pocket watches". It seems that most of the remaining manufacturers are taking the easy way out and putting their wrist watch movements in an oversized case.

Bob
 
Posts: 621 | Location: Vallejo, California U.S.A. | Registered: July 10, 2004
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Picture of Ethan Lipsig
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I agree that the movement appears to have been designed for a wristwatch, but I like the unusual, and this watch is uncommon.
 
Posts: 1414 | Location: Pasadena, California USA | Registered: November 11, 2005
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Very Nice. Known as a 'Purse Watch' or 'Pocket Piece' similar to the watch Audemars encased in a $20 gold piece.
 
Posts: 3 | Location: Beverly Hills, California USA | Registered: April 18, 2007
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