Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 05, 2009

LOT 105

Royal Oak Offshore Limited Edition "Arnold Schwarzenegger" Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Royal Oak Offshore - Arnold Schwarzenegger," Ref. 26007BA. Made in a limited edition of 400 pieces in 2003. Very fine and rare, oversized, octagonal, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round-button chronograph, registers, tachometer, date and an Audemars Piguet 18K yellow gold deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box and warranty.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, case back and bezel secured with 8 hexagonal screws, screwed-down winding-crown, sapphire crystal. D. Anthracite with textured pattern, luminous Arabic numerals, guilloche champagne subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer tachometer graduation, cyclops aperture for the date. Luminous gold baton hands. M. Cal. 2226/2840, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 54 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, 21K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 45 mm. Thickness 14 mm.