Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 05, 2009

LOT 103

Royal Oak Offshore Limited Edition ?Rhone-Fusterie? Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph,? No. 227/500, case No. G 44644. Made in a limited series of 500 pieces in 2008 to celebrate the opening of the Audemars Piguet boutique in Geneva. Very fine, large, tonneau-shaped, octagonal, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round-button chronograph, registers, tachometer, date and a stainless steel Audemars Piguet deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original box and certificate.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, case back and bezel secured with 8 hexagonal screws, screwed-down winding crown, case back engraved ?Rhone-Fusterie,? sapphire crystal. D. Red, clous de Paris decoration, steel-rimmed luminescent Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer tachometer scale on an inclined reserve, aperture for the date, sapphire crystal. Luminous steel baton hands. M. Cal. 3126/ 3840, rhodiumplated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 59 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, selfcompensating flat balance spring, 22K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 42 x 54 mm. Thickness 14 mm.