Dylan T. Dutson
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QUESTION: (Sorry for the back to back posts!)
So I was just reading something and am a little confused, hopefully someone can shine some light on this because the rest of the internet is being incredibly unhelpful.
The first AP perpetual calendar, the 5516. The first time I saw it, it looked like this:
BUT in the Christies November 17th, 2008 Geneva sale, they had a 5516 that looked like THIS:
So as you can imagine I am confused...because they are definitely different haha
Does anybody know about this?
Did Audemars make two different 5516's? Cause that movement would be totally different even just based solely on the position of the moonphase.
I cant imagine the first picture being wrong considering as how it came from Michael Friedman.
Although at the same time I cant imagine Christies being wrong on this one either seeing as how this lot raked in a cool $315,000.
Any knowledge would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Dylan T. Dutson
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QUESTION: (Sorry for the back to back posts!)
So I was just reading something and am a little confused, hopefully someone can shine some light on this because the rest of the internet is being incredibly unhelpful. The first AP perpetual calendar, the 5516. The first time I saw it, it looked like thi...
11 made, various arrangements
Hi Dylan, Well, you've picked quite the reference to zero in on - the ultimate vintage AP to be sure. It is my understanding that there were only eleven 5516s made, all in 1957. Not all of them featured a leap-year. Of those that did, six have the moonpha...
So great!
Thanks for the response, that was even better than I expected. It doesn't seem like Christies even knew that haha. And if you don't mind my asking, how did you know this? I want access to whatever knowledge fountain you are using. Regards, Dylan
It just takes time :)
Hi Dylan, I have studied up a lot on this reference, as well as (of course!) the 5402. There is no single informational source I can point you to, but over time if you keep reading, asking questions, digging around in old texts, you will soon find yoursel...
Beautiful
Well thank you very much! I'll keep asking questions when they come! Regards, Dylan