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Geneva, Mar 16, 2008

LOT 235

Royal Oak Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Royal Oak - Day/Date?, Automatic, No. 023. Made in the 1990s. Fine, tonneau-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel and yellow gold wristwatch with day and date and an integral 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. Gray, "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, rhodiumplated, fausses cotes 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 185 mm.