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Louis Audemars gold hunter No. 10.838 with minute repetition and independent jumping centre second, made in about 1869. Cf. Louis-Benjamin Audemars: His Life and Work; Hartmut Zantke; p. 274 Provenance: Collection Hartmut Zantke Five-body very heavy, engine-turned 18ct gold case by Meylan Frères with big slide on case to activate strike-work and a small slide to stop the jumping centre second, five-piece recessed hinges, gold dome signed: Louis Audemars BRASSUS (SUISSE), REPETITION A MINUTES, SECONDES INDE-PENDANTES, ECHAPPEMENT A ANCRE; BALANCIER COMPENSE QUARANTE-TROIS RUBIS. As well as references to prizes won at exhibitions. Diameter 53.8 mm. Enamel dial with Roman numerals and minute circle with Arabic numerals. Gold spade hand, blued steel second hand. Gilded brass bridge lever movement with 30 jewels, three barrels, stop-work, two independent wheel trains that are wound alternately, gold wheels, polished and bevelled steel levers, gold screw balance with blued Bréguet balance-spring, Audemars lever (Bishops crook shaped), strike-work with two hammers on two gongs. Signed on bridge: Louis Audemars Brassus (Suisse) No. 10.838. Functional, very good condition with minimal traces of wear Comment: Typical Audemars caliber for minute repetition and independent jumping centre second, early Audemars winding and hand setting system. Movement and case of unexcelled quality, and artistically executed. Functional, very good condition with minimal traces of wear Louis-Benjamin Audemars: His Life and Work; Hartmut Zantke; p. 274 Shipping costs excl. statutory VAT and plus 2,5% (+VAT) shipping insurance.