Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Hotel Du Rhone, Apr 02, 2006

LOT 478

?Especially Made for Arnold Schwarzenegger? Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Royal Oak Offshore T3", specially designed in cooperation with Arnold Schwarzenegger for the film ?Terminator Three - Rise of the Machines?. No. F00581. Made especially for Arnold Schwarzenegger in addition to the 2003 limited edition. Very fine and rare, oversized, octagonal, self-winding, water-resistant, titanium gentleman's wristwatch with date, round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and an Audemars Piguet titanium buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

CHF 30,000 - 40,000

108 20,000 - 26,000

Sold: CHF 42,480

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, case back and bezel secured with eight hexagonal screws, winding-crown with security guard, push buttons with security levers, case back with special "T3" decoration, sapphire crystal. D. Matte silver with textured pattern, luminous Arabic numerals, subsidiary 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. 50 mm. Thickness 15 mm.


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Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 2

Very good
Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

Arnold Schwarzenegger (born July 30, 1947) Austrian-American actor and politician, currently serving as the 38th Governor of California. Schwarzenegger first gained widespread attention as a bodybuilder, later becoming a Hollywood action film star. His most famous films include The Terminator (and its sequels), Predator, Conan the Barbarian, True Lies, and Total Recall.