Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 05, 2007

LOT 83

Pictet & Cie - Royal Oak Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Royal Oak ? Automatic", case No. F 18744. Made in a special edition to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Pictet & Cie in 2005. Very fine and extremely rare, tonneau-shaped, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with date and a stainless steel Audemars Piguet deployant clasp.

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, octagonal bezel with 8 hexagonal gold screws and 8 gold nuts on the case back, case back engraved with the Pictet logo and 1805 ? 2005, mobile lugs, hexagonal screwed-down winding crown, sapphire crystal. D. Textured off-white with applied luminous steel baton indexes, aperture for the date. Luminous steel baton hands. M. Cal. 2225, rhodium-plated, fausses côtes decoration, 36 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, rotor with 21K gold segment. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 36 x 46 mm. Thickness 8 mm. Property of Various Owners