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Geneva, Mar 29, 2009

LOT 317

Royal Oak Triple Date Audemars Piguet, "Royal Oak Offshore, Automatic", No. 036, case No. D75087, Ref. 25807ST. Sold in April, 1999. Very fine, octagonal, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with triple date and a stainless steel Royal Oak bracelet with concealed double deployant clasp. Accompanied by a certificate of origin and box, user manual and gold push pin.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, octagonal bezel with 8 octagonal white gold nuts screwed to 8 white gold screws on the case back, winding-crown with protective rubber cap, correctors on the band, sapphire crystal. D. Dark blue with clous de Paris decoration, luminous steel baton indexes, subsidiary dial for the seconds, outer graduation for the date, aperture for the days of the week and the months. Luminous steel baton hands. M. Cal. 2127/2827, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 36 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted for heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, rotor with 21K gold segment, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Approx. overall length 190 mm.