Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Sep 17, 2009

LOT 90

Royal Oak Offshore ?Safari? Audemars Piguet, Genève, " Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph,? No. F 17548, case No. 5130, Ref. 26020ST. Made in 2004, sold April 18, 2005. Very fine, large, 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 wooden box, Certificate of Origin, warranty and instruction manual.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, case back secured by 8 screws, bezel secured with 8 hexagonal bolts, screwed-down winding crown, sapphire crystal. D. White, clous de Paris decoration with black Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer tachometer scale on an inclined reserve, cyclops aperture for the date. Steel baton hands with black inlay. M. Cal. 2226/2840, rhodiumplated, oeil-de-perdrix 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 segment. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 44 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Property of an East Coast collector