The Collection of a European Nobleman

Geneva, May 11, 2008

LOT 439

Stainless Steel Royal Oak Offshore Chrono Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Royal Oak Offshore?, Ref. 26020ST, case No. F17449-5031. Sold on Sept. 23, 2005. Very fine, large, octagonal, 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 certificate and user?s manual.

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. Two-tone off white, ?Grande Tapisserie? with Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute and 12-hour registers, outer tachometer graduation, aperture for the date with cyclops lens. Steel baton hands. M. Cal. 2226/ 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.