Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

Grand Havana Room, May 26, 2004

LOT 109

Audemars Piguet, Genève,"Royal Oak Automatic", No. 4317, case No. E 73784. Produced in the 1990s. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, date and a stainless steel Audemars Piguet bracelet with deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, case back with screws, octagonal bezel with 8 hexagonal yellow gold screws, screwed-down hexagonal winding-crown, sapphire crystal. D. Charcoal gray,"Clous-de-Paris" decoration withtritium-coated indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, aperture for the date between 4 & 5. Tritium-coated "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 2385, rhodium plated,"oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 37jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, 21K gold rotor.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 40 mm.