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Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, May 13, 2007

LOT 135

"Royal Oak Automatic" Audemars Piguet, "Royal Oak Automatic", No. 485, No. 393203, case No. D 35733, Ref. 14800BA. Made in 1994. Fine, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, octagonal, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with date and a 18K yellow gold Audemars Piguet deployant clasp. Accompanied by the Certificate of Origin.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, decorated octagonal bezel with 8 white gold hexagonal nuts secured by 8 white gold screws on the case back, concave lugs with 4 screws to fix the strap, screwed-down hexagonal winding crown, sapphire crystal. D. Off-white, "Clous-de-Paris" decorated, with luminous applied yellow gold baton indexes, outer minute/seconds divisions, aperture for the date. Luminous yellow gold "baton" hands. M. Cal. 2125, rhodium-plated, 36 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, selfcompensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 7.5 mm.