Important Collector's Wristwatches,Po...

Grand Havana Room, Mar 24, 2004

LOT 84

Audemars Piguet, Genève, ?Royal Oak City of Sails", Automatic Chronograph, Ref. 25979. Produced in alimited edition of 200 examples for the 30th Anniversary of the Royal 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, 18K pink gold gentleman?s wristwatch with roundbutton chronograph, registers, date and an 18K pink gold Audemars Piguet deployant clasp on a rubber strap. Accompa-niedby a fitted box and certificate.

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