The Collection of a European Nobleman

Geneva, May 11, 2008

LOT 388

Titanium Royal Oak Offshore Chrono 389 Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Royal Oak Offshore?, No. 1678, case No. F08103. Made circa 2005. Very fine, large, octagonal, self-winding, water resistant, titanium wristwatch with date, round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and an Audemars Piguet titanium bracelet with concealed double deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, 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. Black, ?Grande Tapisserie? with luminous Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute and 12-hour registers, outer tachometer graduation, aperture for the date with Cyclops lens. 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.