Wristwatches · Wristwatch
Audemars Piguet Dual Time White Gold Black Dial Diamond Hours Ref 25685BC, 1995
- Maker / attribution
- Audemars Piguet (maker)
- Date
- 1995
- Historical period
- Mechanical Renaissance (1990 – 2010)
- Country of origin
- Switzerland
- Object type
- Wristwatch
- Materials / technique
- white gold
- Dimensions
- Case 36 mm
- Stock no.
- W-2162
- Credit line
- Dealer listing, Bulang & Sons (W-2162)
- Catalogue title (original)
- Audemars Piguet Dual Time White Gold Black Dial Diamond Hours Ref 25685BC (English)
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Record summary
Catalogued by Bulang & Sons (dealer), Copenhagen (stock number W-2162), this is a wristwatch by Audemars Piguet, made in Switzerland, dated 1995. The Atlas places it in the Mechanical Renaissance period (1990 – 2010) of its Wristwatches collection. Materials and techniques recorded by the source: white gold. Recorded dimensions: Case 36 mm. The record is illustrated with 6 photographs.
Assembled from the source record's structured fields. Dates and attributions are given as the source states them; where a field is missing the Atlas leaves it blank rather than estimating.
Catalogue description
Dealer description — Bulang & Sons
AP isn’t all about Royal Oaks and Offshores, as this incredible dress watch highlights. The case has very short, subtle lugs and the slim case would be so cool under a shirt cuff or with jeans for a casual look. This is rare version of Audemars Piguet’s Dual Time watch in an 18k white gold step case with rare black dial. The no lume dial has lovely glossy finish with diamond hour markers and silver text. The dial has a second timezone in the lower half, a date dial at three o’clock and a power reserve indicator at nine o’clock. The hands are white gold. If you’re looking for a classy and elegant travel watch, you won’t find better than this! This neo-vintage watch will come on the pictured AP leather strap with an 18k gold AP buckle fitted. The Audemars Piguet caliber 2129 movement has been fully serviced by our watchmaker. Neo-vintage complications are hot right now, so we know there will be a lot of interest in this beauty. Get in touch and let’s discuss a deal! Specifications: - Audemars Piguet Dual Time - Reference 25685BC - Serial D36xxx dates to 1995 - 36mm white gold stepped case - Black diamond dial with second time zone, date and power reserve - White gold hands - AP caliber 2129 - AP leather strap with original AP gold buckle - Fully serviced by our watchmaker - Includes a handmade leather watch pouch
Historical context
Mechanical Renaissance (1990 – 2010)
Mechanical watches return as cultural objects; independent watchmaking flourishes.
Mechanical watches returned as cultural and luxury objects. Complications, tourbillons and new materials proliferated; independent watchmakers such as George Daniels, F.P. Journe and Philippe Dufour revived artisanal watchmaking; collecting vintage watches became a major field.
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Atlas type guide
Military, pilot and travel watches
The wristwatch owes much of its adoption by men to warfare and aviation. Wristlets — small pocket watches soldered with lugs and worn on a strap — were used in colonial campaigns and became standard equipment in the First World War, with protective grilles over the crystal ('shrapnel guards'). Louis Cartier's Santos (1904), designed for the aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont, is often cited as an early purpose-made pilot's watch.
In the Second World War governments specified watches in detail: the German B-Uhr observation watches, the American A-11, and the British 'W.W.W.' (the 'Dirty Dozen' set of 1945). After the war, jet travel brought GMT and world-time watches, which show two or more time zones at once — Louis Cottier's world-time mechanism and the Rolex GMT-Master (1955) are examples.
What to look for
- Military markings on the case back: broad arrow, issue numbers, 'W.W.W.', 'A.T.P.'
- High-legibility black dials with luminous Arabic numerals; oversized crowns for gloved hands.
- 24-hour hands and rotating 24-hour bezels or city rings on GMT/world-time watches.
- Wire lugs on early wristlets converted from pocket watches.
Dating clues
- Wire-lug wristlets: c. 1900–1925.
- Military specifications of the Second World War: 1939–1945.
- GMT and world-time wristwatches: mainly after 1950.
General guidance written by the Atlas editors about this kind of object. It is not a statement about this particular piece; for that, rely on the source record above and on physical examination.
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