Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 13, 2012

LOT 117

AUDEMARS PIGUET ROYAL OAK DAY & DATE RETAILED BY TIFFANY STEEL & GOLD Audemars Piguet, Royal Oak - Day and Date, Moon Phases, Automatic, No. 1280. Made in the 1990's. Very fine, tonneau-shaped, astronomic, self-winding, waterresistant, stainless steel and 18K yellow gold wristwatch with day and date, moon phases and an integrated, stainless steel and 18K yellow gold Audemars Piguet link bracelet with deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, octagonal bezel set with 8 hexagonal white gold nuts for the 8 screws of the case back, screw-down hexagonal winding crown, sapphire crystal. D. Champagne clous-de-Paris decorated with applied luminous yellow gold baton indexes, subsidiary yellow gold ring dials for the date and days of the week, aperture for the moon phases at 6. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. 2825, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 38 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating fl at balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 9 mm. Approx. overall length 185 mm.