Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces.

Geneva, Nov 13, 2010

LOT 173

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak, Perpetual Calendar Audemars Piguet, ?Quantieme Perpetuel, Automatique?, No. 446, case No. C28216. Made in the 1990s. Very fine, rare and unusual, octagonal, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold and stainless steel PVD-coated customized wristwatch with perpetual calendar, phases and age of the moon and a PVD-coated stainless steel Audemars Piguet bracelet with concealed deployant clasp.

c. Two-body, polished and brushed, octagonal bezel set with 8 PVD-coated gold hexagonal nuts embanked in 8 screws on the case back, correctors on the band, sapphire crystal. d. Two-tone yellow with applied yellow gold baton and dot 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, outer minute divisions. 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 9.5 mm. Approx. overall length 170 mm.