Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

LOT 267

Audemars Piguet, "Royal Oak, Automatic?, case No. D59160, No 1049, Ref 14800. Sold in October 20th, 1997. Fine, self-winding, octagonal, water-resistant, center seconds, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with date and an 18K yellow gold Audemars Piguet deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and instruction manual.

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, octagonal bezel with 8 gold hexagonal screws and 8 gold screws on the case back, hexagonal screwed-down winding-crown, sapphire crystal. D. Blue, Clous-de- Paris decoration with applied luminous yellow gold baton indexes, outer minute/second division, aperture for the date. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal 2125, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 19 jewels, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self compensating flat balance spring, 21K gold segment rotor, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 36 x 43 mm. Thickness 7 mm.