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New York, Jun 18, 2008

LOT 187

Platinum City of Sails Audemars Piguet, Genève, ?Royal Oak City of Sails", Automatic Chronograph, Ref. 25979. Produced in a limited edition of 50 examples for the 30th Anniversary of the Royal Oak in 2003 and dedicated to the "Alinghi" team, winner of the America?s Cup, 2003. Very fine and rare, large, self-winding, water-resistant, platinum wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, date and a platinum Audemars Piguet deployant clasp on a rubber strap. Accompanied by a fitted box, certificate and attestation booklet.

USD 50,000 - 70,000

EUR 32,000 - 45,000

Sold: USD 54,000

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, case back with screws, octagonal bezel with 8 hexagonal gold screws, screwed-down hexagonal winding-crown and buttons, case back engraved with 2 racing boats, sapphire crystal. D. Silver, Clous-de-Paris decoration with luminous radial Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour (with red Alinghi logo) and 30-minute registers, aperture for the date. Luminous baton hands. M. Cal. 2385, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 37 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balancespring, 21K gold rotor segment. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm.


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Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 2-9

Very good

Scratched
Movement: 2

Very good
Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

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Started in 1993 to commemorate the victory of the Swiss boat Alinghi in the America?s Cup, Audemars Piguet produced the City of Sails Royal Oak, recognizable by its chronograph counter embossed with the team?s logo. It was available in steel (1250 pieces), pink gold (250 pieces) and platinum (50 pieces). This is the first platinum model to be offered at auction by Antiquorum. To the best of our knowledge it is also the first time this model has appeared at auction.