Important Collectors Wristwatches, Po...

Geneva, Nov 14, 2009

LOT 170

Royal Oak - Quantième Perpétuel Automatique Squelette" No. 006 Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Royal Oak -Quantième Perpétuel Automatique Squelette", No. 006, case No. D 80477, Ref. OR25636. Made circa 1998. Very fine and rare, octagonal, skeletonized, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar, phases and age of the moon and an 18K yellow gold Audemars Piguet bracelet with concealed deployant clasp. Accompanied by an Audemars Piguet winding box.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, octagonal bezel set with 8 hexagonal nuts embanked in 8 screws on the case back, correctors on the band, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Transparent, subsidiary beige painted ring dials for the days of the month, of the week, the months and the age of the moon, aperture for the moon phases, outer minute track. Black oxydized gold feuille hands. M. Cal. 2120/2802, gilt, hand-engraved and skeletonized, 38 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax type balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, hand-engraved and skeletonized rotor with 21K gold segment. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 9 mm. Approx overall length 185 mm.