Important Collectors’ Wristwatches Po...

New York, Mar 15, 2006

LOT 163

"Royal Oak Chronograph" Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Royal Oak Chronograph", No. 0572. Made circa 2000. Very fine and rare, large, octagonal, selfwinding, water-resistant, 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, date and an 18K white gold Audemars Piguet deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, case back and bezel secured with 8 hexagonal screws, screwed-down crown and pushers, sapphire crystal. D. Silver with textured pattern and luminous square markers, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, aperture for the date. Luminous white gold "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. 42 mm. Thickness: 11 mm