Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 10, 2010

LOT 170

Audemars Piguet Steel Royal Oak Offshore Triple Date Audemars Piguet, Genève, Royal Oak Offshore - Automatic, No. 460, case No. D 98875. Made in the early 2000's. Very fine, tonneau-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with triple date and a stainless steel deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, octagonal bezel with 8 hexagonal white gold screws and 8 white gold screws on the case back, screwed-down winding crown with rubber cap protected by the crown guard, sapphire crystal. D. Black with clous-de-Paris decoration, luminous steel indexes, subsidiary seconds dial, outer graduation for the date, apertures 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 to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, rotor with 21K gold segment. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm.