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Holy Trinity Disco Volante

 

I've always had a real soft spot for these vintage Disco Volante watches.


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A/ AUDEMARS PIGUET

1/ Six variants of the ref. 5093, 35mm, yellow gold, caliber 2003, 1960s

Variant n° 1 with circular stepped bezel







credit: bulang & sons


Variant n° 2 with Gübelin signed dial & crosshatched pattern bezel with a Clous de Paris guilloche on the outer edge











credit: hodinkee


Variant n° 3 with Gübelin signed sector dial & full hobnail bezel







credit: stetz & co


Variant n° 4 with Gübelin signed sector dial & circular stepped bezel 









credit: romain rea


Variant n° 5 from 1963 with "Florentine" pattern bezel











credit: stetz & co


Variant n° 6 in white gold with bracelet made by Gübelin & bezel with hobnail on the outer edge and hatched motif on the inner part





credit: swiss hours 


A page from the Audemars Piguet archives illustrating several configurations of the 5093



credit: stetz & co 


A 1952 sketch from designer Gebhard Duve, presented to Jacques Louis Audemars. One of these would lead to the Ref. 5093 "Disco Volante."



credit: AP Chronicles 


2/ Ref. BA14591, 35mm, stepped bezel, yellow gold, cal. 2080, circa 1990









credit: bach watches 


B/ VACHERON CONSTANTIN

1/ Ref. 4786, 35mm, yellow gold, Georges case with snap down case back, cal. 466/3b, 1950s









credit: goldammer


2/ Ref. 6395, 30.5x33mm, yellow gold, cal. 2001, 1960







credit: pascal karp


C/ PATEK PHILIPPE

1/ Ref. 2594, 32mm, "hammered" bezel, honey colored dial, yellow gold (F. Baumgartner SA) case with snap case back, cal. 23-300, 1960s









credit: goldammer


2/ Same ref. 2594, with wide ring structured bezel & brown colored "cappuccino" dial









credit: goldammer 

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