Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Sep 15, 2010

LOT 113

Audemars Piguet - Steel - Royal Oa k Jumbo Audemars Piguet, ?Royal Oak Jumbo, Automatic,? No. D 1139. Made in the 1980s. Fine and rare, octagonal, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with date and an integral stainless steel Audemars Piguet link bracelet with deployant clasp.

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, octagonal bezel set with 8 hexagonal nuts embanked in 8 screws on the case back, angled lugs with 4 screws to fix the bracelet, sapphire crystal. D. Anthracite with checkerboard decoration, applied luminous steel baton indexes, applied Audemars Piguet logo at 12, outer white minute divisions, aperture for the date. Luminous steel baton hands. M. Cal. 2121, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 36 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted for heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, 21K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 39 x 48 mm. Thickness 7 mm. Approx. overall length 185 mm.