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Geneva, Mar 29, 2009

LOT 403

Grande Complication Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Royal Oak, Grande Complication", 25865BC.OO.1105BC.01, case No. F 09294, No. 21. Made in a limited edition circa 2008. Very fine and rare, octagonal, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with minute repeater, perpetual calendar, split-second chronograph, phases and age of the moon, and an 18K white gold Royal Oak bracelet and deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original large mahogany fitted box and warranty.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, octagonal bezel with 8 hexagonal recessed white gold nuts screwed to eight screws on the transparent case back, slide for the minute repeating function, hexagonal winding crown, sapphire crystals. D. Charcoal gray with applied white gold indexes, subsidiary dials for the days of the month, of the week, the months and the age of the moon, aperture for the moon phases. White gold luminous baton hands. M. Cal. 2885, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 52 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, hand-engraved gold rotor, repeating on two gongs by activating slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 45 mm. Thickness 15 mm. Approx. overall length 19 0 mm.