Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 14, 2006

LOT 282

?City of Sails? "Audemars Piguet, Genève, "City of Sails - Royal Oak, Automatic", Ref. E 29094. Made in a limited edition of 300 examples in the early 2000s. Very fine, octagonal, self-winding, water-resistant, titanium gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, date and an integrated, titanium link bracelet with stainless steel clasp. Accompanied by a certificate.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, case back and bezel secured with 8 hexagonal gold screws and nuts, case back with ?City of Sails - Royal Oak? logo, screwed-down hexagonal buttons and crown, sapphire crystal. D. Bicolor blue and off-white checkered decoration with luminous yellow indexes, subsidiary ?guilloché? off-white dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30- minute registers, aperture for the date between 4 and 5. Yellow 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 balancespring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 41 mm. Thickness: 11 mm.