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New York, Jun 18, 2008

LOT 180

Royal Oak B-Series Audemars Piguet, ?Royal Oak Automatic?, case No. B 1273. Made in the 1970?s. Fine and rare, octagonal, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with date and a stainless steel Audemars Piguet bracelet with deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original box and certificate.

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, octagonal bezel set with 8 hexagonal nuts embanked in 8 screws on the case back, angled lugs with 4 screws to fix the bracelet, sapphire crystal. D. Anthracite, clous de Paris decoration, applied luminous steel baton indexes, outer white minute track with 5-minute Arabic markers, aperture for the date. Luminous steel baton hands. M. Cal. 2121, rhodium-plated, fausses-cotes decoration, 36 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted for heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, selfcompensating flat balance spring, 21K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 39 x 48 mm. Thickness 7 mm.