Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 07, 2005

LOT 68

?Royal Oak Offshore Tantalium? Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Royal Oak Offshore Tantalium", Ref. 26034TS. Produced in a limited edition of 50 examples in 2004 for the 50th anniversary of Sincere Watch in Singapore. Very fine and extremely rare, oversized, octagonal, selfwinding, water-resistant, tantalium gentleman's wristwatch with date, round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Audemars Piguet clasp. Accompanied by a box, certificate and an extra leather strap.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, case back and bezel secured with eight hexagonal screws, screw-down windingcrown, sapphire crystal. D. Gray with textured pattern, luminous Arabic numerals, subsidiary "guilloché" dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer tachometer graduation, "cyclops" aperture for the date. Luminous steel "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 2226 / 2840, rhodium plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 54 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, 21K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 45 mm. Thickness: 14 mm.