Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 13, 2012

LOT 410

AUDEMARS PIGUET ROYAL OAK JUMBO "B SERIES" Audemars Piguet, ?Royal Oak Jumbo, Automatic?, No. 389, No. 196699, case No. B27467, Ref. 5402BC. Made in 1978. Very fine and rare, octagonal, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel and 18k yellow gold wristwatch with date and a stainless steel and 18k yellow gold Audemars Piguet bracelet with deployant clasp. Accompanied by an Audemars Piguet Certificate of Origin.

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 fi x the bracelet, sapphire crystal. D. Anthracite, ?tapisserie? decoration, applied luminous gold baton indexes, applied Audemars Piguet logo at 6, outer white minute divisions, aperture for the date. Luminous yellow gold 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, shockabsorber, self-compensating fl at balance spring, 21K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 39 x 48 mm. Thickness 7 mm. Approx. overall length 165 mm.