Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 07, 2005

LOT 70

?La Boutique Royal Oak, Automatic? Audemars Piguet, Genève, "La Boutique Royal Oak, Automatic" Special Edition, Ref. F 40453. Made for the Paris Boutique in 2005. Very fine, large, octagonal, self-winding, water-resistant, titanium gentleman's wristwatch with date, round button chronograph, registers and an integrated titanium link bracelet with stainless steel clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, case back and bezel secured with eight hexagonal gold screws and nuts, case back with logo of the Audemars Piguet Boutique in Paris, screweddown hexagonal buttons and crown, sapphire crystal. D. Bicolor black and anthracite "clous de Paris" decoration with luminous Arabic numerals on a black reserve, subsidiary "guilloché" black dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, aperture for the date between 4 and 5. White luminous ?bâton? hands. M. Cal. 2385, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 37 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 41 mm. Thickness: 11 mm.