Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Dec 07, 2006

LOT 142

"La Boutique - Royal Oak" Audemars Piguet, Genève, "La Boutique - Royal Oak?, Automatic, Ref. F 40435. Made in a special edition for the Paris Boutique in 2005. Very fine and rare, large, 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 fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, case back and bezel secured with 8 hexagonal gold screws and nuts, case back with logo of the Audemars Piguet Boutique in Paris, screwed-down hexagonal buttons and crown, sapphire crystal. D. Bicolor black and anthracite "Clous de Paris" decoration with luminous Arabic numerals on a black reserve, subsidiary guilloché black dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, aperture for the date between 4 and 5. White luminous "baton" 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 balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 41 mm. Thickness 11 mm.