Swiss minute repeating split seconds chronograph Circa 1917

Platinum minute repeating split seconds chronograph
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A very fine Swiss platinum minute repeating split seconds chronograph watch with register, made in 1917, delivered in 1923, nickel lever movement, 33 jewels, precision regulator.
Silver dial, applied baton indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30 minute register, platinum brushed case, slide for the repeater at 8 o’clock, chronograph pusher to the crown, split seconds pusher to the case band at 11, case, dial and movement signed.
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Diameter: 46 mm
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Signed: Audemars Piguet
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Audemars Piguet confirms production of this watch in 1917 and its delivery in 1923 to Wittnauer.

Thist example, with its platinum case, minimalist baton indexes and vertically-aligned registers, is a very attractive example of Audemars Piguet’s early twentieth century designs.
Similar models are illustrated in Audemars Piguet: 125 Ans d’Audace.