Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Dec 07, 2006

LOT 8

"Royal Oak" Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Royal Oak - Day/Date?, Automatic, No. 449. Made in the 1990s. Fine, tonneau-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel and yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with day and date and an integrated, stainless steel and yellow gold Audemars Piguet bracelet with deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, yellow gold octagonal bezel set with 8 octagonal white gold nuts for the 8 screws of the case back, screwed-down hexagonal winding crown, sapphire crystal. D. Champagne "Clous-de-Paris" decorated with applied yellow gold baton and round indexes, subsidiary matte gold ring dials for the date and days of the week. Yellow gold ?baton" hands. M. Cal. 2825, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 38 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 9 mm. Approx. overall length 195 mm.