Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 05, 2009

LOT 104

Royal Oak Offshore Limited Edition ?Porto Cervo? Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph,? No. 50/75, case No. G43842. Made in a limited series of 75 pieces in 2008 for the Audemars Piguet boutique in Porto Cervo, Sardinia. 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 ?Porto Cervo,? sapphire crystal. D. Midnight blue, clous de Paris decoration, steelrimmed green 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, rhodium-plated, oeil-deperdrix decoration, 59 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, 22K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 42 x 54 mm. Thickness 14 mm.