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Geneva, Mar 16, 2008

LOT 639

Stainless Steel Royal Oak Offshore Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Royal Oak Offshore?, No. 2624, case No. F80685. Made circa 2005. Very fine, large, tonneau-shaped with octagonal bezel, self-winding, water resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with date, round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and an Audemars Piguet stainless steel deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, case back and bezel secured with 8 hexagonal screws, crown and buttons with rubber cap protected by the crown guard, screwed-down winding crown, sapphire crystal. D. Textured matte silver with luminous Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute and 12-hour registers, outer tachometer graduation, cyclops aperture for the date. Luminous steel baton hands. M. Cal. 2326/ 2840, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 54 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, 21K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 45 x 54 mm. Thickness 14 mm.