Important Collectors' Wristwtches, Po...

New York, Sep 26, 2007

LOT 153

?Tantalum Royal Oak? Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Royal Oak - Tantalum Automatic", No. 199, case No. D40087. Made in a special series in the1990s. Very fine and extremely rare, tonneau-shaped, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, tantalum and 18K pink gold wristwatch with date and an 18K pink gold Audemars Piguet deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box, certificate, and instruction manual.

C. Three-body, bicolored, polished and brushed, octagonal bezel with 8 hexagonal gold screws and 8 gold nuts on the case back, hexagonal screwed-down winding-crown. D. Copper-colored with applied luminous pink gold baton indexes, aperture for the date. Luminous pink gold "baton" hands. M. Cal. 2225, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 19 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, rotor with 21K gold segment. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 8 mm.