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Roosevelt Hotel, Madison Avenue @ 45th Street, Dec 04, 2002

LOT 43

Audemars Piguet, Ge-nève, "Royal Oak - Série Spéciale No 5", caseNo 338. Produced in the 1980's.Very fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, octagonal, 18K yellow gold and diamond-set, mid-sized wrist-watch with 18K yellow gold Audemars Piguet bracelet and white gold de-ployant clasp.

C. three body, solid, brushed, hexagonal diamond-set yellow gold bezel with 8 white gold hexagonal nuts for the 8 whi-te gold screws of the case back, hexa-gonal winding-crown, sapphire crystal. D. "guilloché" gold "Clous-de-Paris" de-corated, with applied diamond-set in-dexes. "Bâton" brushed gold hands.M. Cal. 9 ''', rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 36 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic ba-lance, shock-absorber, self-compensa-ting flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 29 mm.Approx. overhall length: 170 mm.