Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
New York, Sep 30, 2015
AUDEMARS PIGUET ROYAL OAK DAY & DATE MOON YELLOW GOLD Audemars Piguet, Royal Oak - Day and Date, Moon Phases, Automatic, No. 522. Made in the 1990s. Very fine, tonneau-shaped, self-winding, water resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with day and date, moon phases and an integral 18K yellow gold Audemars Piguet link bracelet with deployant clasp.
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. Champagne color, checker board decorated with applied luminous yellow gold baton and round indexes, subsidiary dials for the date and days of the week, aperture for the moon phases at 6. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. Cal. 2825, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 38 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring.