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Hong Kong, Apr 23, 2006

LOT 179

"Chronograph Automatic" Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Chronograph Automatic", No. C 26546. Made in the 1990s. Very fine, large, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and date and an 18K yellow gold Audemars Piguet deployant clasp.

HKD 42,000 - 60,000

USD 5,500 - 8,000 / EUR 4,500 - 6,500

Sold: HKD 49,560

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped bezel, concave lugs, sapphire crystal. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold baton indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer tachometer graduation, "cyclops" aperture for the date. Yellow gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 2126/2840, rhodiumplated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 51 jewels, straight -line lever escapement, adjusted to heat, cold and isochronism and five positions, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, 21k gold rotor sector. Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 41 mm. Thickness: 11 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original