Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces.

Geneva, Nov 13, 2010

LOT 172

Audemars Piguet - Royal Oak Quantième Perpétuel Automatique Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Royal Oak - Quantième Perpétuel Automatique", No. 358, case No. C32476. Made circa 2003. Very fine and rare, octagonal, 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.

c. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, octagonal bezel set with 8 white gold hexagonal nuts embanked in 8 screws on the case back, correctors on the band, sapphire crystal. d. Champagne with applied yellow gold baton indexes, subsidiary dials for the days of the month, of the week, the months and the age of the moon, aperture for the moon phases. Yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. 2120/2, rhodium plated, 38 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance spring, rotor with 21K gold segment. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 8.2 mm. Approx. overall length 185 mm.