Important Collector's Wristwatches,Po...

Grand Havana Room, Mar 24, 2004

LOT 83

Audemars Piguet, Genève, ?Royal Oak City of Sails", Automatic Chronograph, caseNo. B 89679, Ref. 25979. Produced in a limited edition of 1250 examples for the 30th Anniversary of theRoyal Oak in 2003 and dedicated to the "Alinghi" team, winner of the America?s Cup 2003.Very fine and rare, large, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman?s wristwatch with round button chrono-graph,registers, date and a stainless steel Audemars Piguet deployant clasp on a rubber strap. Accompanied by a fitted boxand certificate.

C. three-body, polished and brushed, case back with screws, octogonal bezel with 8 hexagonal screws,screwed-down hexagonal winding-crown and buttons, case back engraved with 2 racing boats, sapphirecrystal. D. bicolor gray and black, "Clous-de-Paris" decoration with luminous radial Arabic numer-als,subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour (with red Alinghi logo) and 30-minute regis-ters,aperture for the date. Luminous "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 2385, rhodium-plated, "oeil-de-perdrix"decoration, 37 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balanceadjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensat-ingflat balance-spring, 21K gold rotor segment.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 40 mm.