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New York, The Grand Havana Room, Sep 20, 2006

LOT 117

?Stainless-steel Jay-Z? Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Royal Oak - Offshore ? Jay-Z 10th Anniversary", case No. F 47543. Made in a limited edition of 50 examples to honor Jay-Z?s 10th year in the music industry in 2005. Very fine and rare, octagonal, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel and diamond gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, date and a stainless steel Audemars Piguet deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box, certificate and a specially engraved 40G Apple iPod, uploaded with Jay-Z's albums.

USD 20,000 - 25,000

EUR 16,000 - 20,000

Sold: USD 35,400

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, octagonal bezel with 8 hexagonal screws secured by 8 screws on the case back, specially engraved case back with ?Jay-Z?-signature, windingcrown with rubber cap protected by the "crown guard", sapphire crystal. D. Black with steel stylized Arabic numerals and diamond-set ?10?, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12- hour and 30-minute registers, outer graduation for the days of the month, aperture for the date. Luminous steel "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 2226 / 2840,, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 36 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, rotor with 21K gold segment. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 46 mm. Thickness 14 mm.


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Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 1

As new
Movement: 1

As new
Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

Jay-Z Hip-Hop artist and President/CEO of Def Jam Recordings and Roc- A-Fella Records is an avid collector of Audemars Piguet timepieces. To honor his global achievements in the music business, the firm produced a limited edition of only 100 Royal Oak watches, sold exclusively in its New York boutique: 50 in stainless steel, 30 in 18K pink gold and 20 in platinum. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of each watch was donated to Charity.