Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Dec 02, 2003

LOT 352

Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Royal Oak Offshore, Automatic", No. 288, case No. D 96922. Produced inthe 1990's.Very fine, large, octagonal, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with rubber-topped roundbutton chronograph, registers, tachometer, date and a stainless steel Audemars Piguet deployant clasp on a blue strap.

C. three body, polished and brushed, case back and bezel with screws, screwed-down octagonal rubber-topped winding- crown,sapphire crystal. D. navy blue "clous de Paris" decoration with tritium-coated steel indexes, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12-hourand 30-minute registers, outer tachometer graduation. "Cyclops" aperture for the date. Radium-coated steel "Bâton" hands. M. Cal.2226, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 51 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted for heat,cold, isocronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, 21K gold rotor segment.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 46 mm.