Audemars Piguet Star Wheel

AUDEMARS PIGUETSTAR WHEEL AUDEMARS PIGUET. AN ATTRACTIVE AND UNUSUAL 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC WANDERING HOUR WRISTWATCH SIGNED AUDEMARS PIGUET, STAR WHEEL MODEL, CASE NO. D30092, CIRCA 1999

AUDEMARS PIGUET. AN ATTRACTIVE AND UNUSUAL 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC WANDERING HOUR WRISTWATCH SIGNED AUDEMARS PIGUET, STAR WHEEL MODEL, CASE NO. D30092, CIRCA 1999 Movement: Automatic Dial : White and gold Case: 36 mm. diam. With: 18k gold Audemars Piguet buckle, Certificate of Origin and Guarantee dated 1999, product literature, presentation box and outer packaging Offered in excellent overall condition and with the full set of accessories, the present timepiece represents a rare opportunity to acquire the coved Audemars Piguet Star Wheel with engraved dial. The 'Star Wheel' system was invented by the firm in the early 1990s, including different variations of 'wandering hour' wristwatches. Three transparent sapphire disks, or star wheels, each inscribed with four hour indicators are attached to a rotating centre wheel. As the assembly turns, the indicator for the actual hour is rotated into view and then passed across a 120-degree minutes sector. The time is read by noting the visible hour pointing to the current minute. Each disk is obscured until it rises into the arc where the background contrasts the digits into legibility.