Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 25, 2011

LOT 186

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Jumbo "A Series" Audemars Piguet, ?Royal Oak Jumbo, Automatic?, No. A 745. Made circa 1972. Fine and very rare, octagonal, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with date and a stainless steel Audemars Piguet 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 strap, sapphire crystal. D. Anthracite, clous de Paris decoration, applied luminous steel baton indexes, applied gold Audemars Piguet logo at 6, 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 balancespring, 21K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 39 x 48 mm. Thickness 7 mm. Approx. overall length 170 mm.