Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Sep 17, 2009

LOT 327

Titanium Jules Audemars Grande Complication Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Jules Audemars ? Grande Complication Automatique," No. 418145, case No. F 70514, Ref. 25866 TI. Made circa 2005. Extremely fine and rare, large, minute-repeating, astronomic, self-winding, titanium wristwatch with custom-ordered dial, co-axial round button split-seconds chronograph, register, perpetual calendar with indication of the weeks, moon phases and a titanium Audemars Piguet deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original winding box, setting pin, four spare leather bands and 2 certificates of exclusivity and authenticity.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped bezel, straight lugs, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Custom-order guilloché black with luminous orange Arabic numerals on an outer plain reserve, subsidiary dials for the 30-minute register and days of the week at 3, the months and leap years at 6, the seconds and date at 9, the weeks of the year at 12 concentric with the aperture for the moon phases. White gold feuille 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 gongs by activating slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 43 mm. Thickness 15 mm