1948 CA Online Replica Audemars Piguet Precision with Observatory Dial and Valjoux Caliber 13VZAS
Of the thousands of watches I saw at the Original Miami Beach Antique Show last month, this simple, seemingly plain, and almost uninteresting Audemars Piguet watches are the one I still think about weeks later. Those descriptors might have you scrolling to the next watch, but please give me a moment to tell you why this AP is so special. While this has been stated elsewhere for years, I do not think collectors today appreciate just how incredible real-deal vintage perfect replica Audemars Piguet watches are.
Prior to 1951, every watch the brand produced was essentially a piece unique; no two were the same, and when references were made in series, each had slight differences. And these watches are rare. Consider all of the Patek chronograph references we find produced in the 1940s and that AP produced only 307 before 1951. Or think of Patek perpetual calendars (1518, 1526, 2497), of which 688 watches were produced– best fake Audemars Piguet watches made nine perpetual calendars in the same period.
While that comparison may come off as more of a testament to Patek, the simple fact that cheap super clone Audemars Piguet watches were producing complicated wristwatches at this time is incredible. Comparing any brand to mid-century Patek is a tall task. Vacheron, for example, produced zero perpetual calendar wristwatches in the same span. Obviously, the watch we are looking at today is time-only, but all of this adds context to what you are looking at. This isn’t just a cool vintage watch from a Holy Trinity brand; this is an incredibly rare, incredibly well-made watch from the only brand of the three that was both pushing itself horologically and not producing hundreds of every reference it created.
Nearly all of the above high quality copy Audemars Piguet watches complications were produced using the same movement blank– the Valjoux-supplied 13VZ. The same is true for Patek’s 1518s, 2499s, and the legendary J.B. Champion observatory wristwatch. The Precision 13VZAS we have here today is an Audemars competitor to something like the J.B. Champion. While not exactly the same, as there is no known record of this particular movement being entered into observatory chronometer trials (as is the case with the Patek), the ethos of both is identical. Observatory wristwatches were essentially the ultimate time-only movements created by a brand, produced to the highest standards of timekeeping and finishing. And that is all on full display in this AP. Without going too deep, admire the wide-set Geneva stripes, similar possibly only to Philippe Dufour’s Simplicity (because Dufour cites the 13VZ as a finishing reference).
This example, housed in a 32mm stainless steel case, sold at Christie’s in 2021. The seller, Adam Golden of Menta Watches in Miami, has listed this incredible price Swiss replica Audemars Piguet on his website.
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