Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

Grand Havana Room, May 26, 2004

LOT 42

Audemars Piguet, Genève,"Royal Oak Day and Date, Automatic", No. 346, case No. D 32871. Produced in the 1990s. Fine, tonneau-shaped, astronomic, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel and yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with double date, moon phases and an integrated stainless steel and yellow gold Audemars Piguet bracelet and clasp.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, yellow gold octagonal bezel set with 8 octagonal white gold nuts for the 8 white gold screws of the case back, screwed-down hexagonal winding-crown, sapphire crystal. D. Slate "Clous-de-Paris" decorated with applied yellow gold indexes, subsidiary matte gold ring dials for the days of the month and of the week, aperture for the moon phases. Yellow gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 2825, rhodium-plated,"fausses côtes" decoration, 38 jewels, straight line lever escaement, monometallic balance, shock- absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 36 mm.Approx. overall length 160 mm.