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A Mercedes themed Audemars Piguet
Has anyone seen this watch before?
It's a 33.5 mm automatic watch from the 1990's with a skeletonised dial, which depicts a 1930’s Mercedes Benz 500K Roadster vehicle against the background of a castle and mountains.
Not my personal type of watch, but so unusual...
Best, Emmanuel
credit: swisshours (watch) & wikipedia (roadster: I reversed the direction of the photo to match the dial orientation)
A Mercedes themed Audemars Piguet
Has anyone seen this watch before? It's a 33.5 mm automatic watch from the 1990 's with a skeletonised dial , which depicts a 1930’s Mercedes Benz 500K Roadster vehicle against the background of a castle and mountains. Not my personal type of watch, but s...
It’s a discovery for me too and
as you put it so well: “wildly extravagant”! Best, Emmanuel
My pleasure, Patrick.
And in this case, the car might be even better than the watch! Best, Emmanuel
I admit at great risk...
I admit, I might take a Mercedes 540K, 500K, Maybach Zeppelin DS8, or a Rolls Royce Phantom II (or III) over this watch - if anyone were to force me to make a choice. I say that I'm taking a risk here because this is a watch forum, and to take any car ove...
I’ve seen a picture of this piece before, but I didn’t understand its inspiration.
Was this a piece unique for a car owner, or perhaps commemorating an event.🤔 That car though is something else!
I agree that the car is even more attractive than the watch.
As for the watch, I have no further information unfortunately. Best, Emmanuel
Thank you Salman! Thanks to you,
I've searched a little deeper and found that they indeed made a series of them. What a surprise! Best, Emmanuel Rolls Royce Phantom II credit: the keystone Ferrari 315 S credit: amsterdamvintagewatches Le Mans Ferrari 330 P4 credit: s.song Mercedes-Benz 5...
My Pleasure Emmanuel 😊👍, thank you for highlighting these important references from the History of AP 🙏
Each piece is special and unique, though tastes have changed to their owners these were coveted. May I make a suggestion, one of the most special pieces ever made were the ones from the Cabinet series, each piece more special than the other, what made the...
In fact, I don't really warm up to these pieces!
I'm not enough "car-driven" 😅 But I think I like the fully skeletonized a little better than the others with the visible main plate. Best, Emmanuel
There is or was one for sale lately ( if i am correct the RR version)
I like these kind of artistic watches but the only downside for me is that this series is rather small for my taste
That car is gorgeous, shades of Cruella DeVille.
The watch is a bit much for me, but I’d drive that car in a second.
I knew about the other one
From Antoine Preziuso's hours of love which has a merc version too. Decency prevents me from attaching a pic
Ah Yes the Antoine Preziuso Hours of Love with the Mercedes 300SL Gullwing
Source: Google Images I like the detail of her shoes strewn, a champagne bottle and flute on the roof of the car, the architecture has an Oriental flair and her hair very late 70s early 80s, seems like a very special custom piece commemorating a memorable...
Quite the connoisseur you are
I was thinking about the other version where she's on the hood
Well that escalated quickly :-)
This is the merc version I had in mind but I reckon you're correct, the angle made me think there was some hood action involved! ...
ive seen a couple in round dress cases!
Came with various cars; i have a ferrari one (some rarer other motifs too) the dials were engraved in gold by olivier vaucher ! which was a revelation in late 80s! this one rare as movement also in gilt engraved and skeletonized! you can also find these d...
from my personal archive not internet
a small sample of special ones - all hand engraved gold dials by Olivier Vaucher (he did work for gubelin at time too and vacheron to this day) ...
pleasure- there are too many cars to dig out
(the last oak anchor one is from internet)