All very nice examples. I just put a new LUGS grained calfskin strap with cream stitching on my AP Perpetual to give it a more vintage appearance. A strap change can make a big difference. I found most straps are too padded for this style watch and was never happy with the look, but the Lugs straps are fairly flat which are more in line with what these sorts of watches originally had when they were first introduced in the 20's.
The 1st series watches are very very rare, as far as i know they have a slightly different shade to the subdials and leaf shaped hour and minute hands. Additionally they had a snap on case back.
2nd series had a screwed on back, leaf shaped hands.
3rd series had a screw-on case back and elegant baton hands for hour and minutes (like yours😉)
Oh yes , and my absolute Grail watch that is. 😁
Look closely! Month under 12, day around the outer dial. No year though!!
ooops i missed that. Does the outer ring move with the month change? Seems to still be working fine. Took pic last sept 3rd?
i read somewhere even AP has a perpetual without a year indicator. So i would suppose it might be a challenge to set. Or maybe just go through the last days of february to check if youre on leap year or not.
A long lost ancestor-though technically uses a Vacheron movement:
