Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Jun 08, 2011

LOT 98

Audemars Piguet white gold offshore Oceanografia Audemars Piguet, Royal Oak Offshore, Limited Edition, ?40 Years Oceanography,? case No. F 89381, Ref. 26107 BC, Made in a limited edition of 46 examples in 2006. Very fine and rare, heavy, oversized, octagonal, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with date, round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and an Audemars Piguet 18K white gold deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box, warranty, certificate, instruction booklet, spare strap and a stainless steel Audemars Piguet link bracelet.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, case back and bezel secured with eight hexagonal screws, back engraved: Limited Edition 40 Oceanografia Aniversario 1966 ? 2006, screw-down crown, sapphire crystal. D. Black with checkerboard pattern, applied Arabic steel indexes with orange inlay, outer 1/5th seconds track, outermost tachometer scale to 500 UPH, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, cyclops aperture for the date. Luminous white gold baton hands. M. Cal. 2326/ 2840, rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 50 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, 21K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 46 mm. Thickness 14 mm