Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 01, 2004

LOT 117

Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Royal Oak Offshore T3", Ref. 25863TJ00. Produced in a limited edition of 1,000 examples in 2003 and specially designed in cooperation with Arnold Schwarzenegger for the film ?Terminator Three - Rise of the Machines?. Very fine and rare, oversized, octagonal, self-winding, water-resistant, titanium gentleman's wristwatch with date, round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and an Audemars Piguet titanium clasp. Accompanied by a fitted leather and brushed aluminum "T3" box, certificate and 3 DVD movies ? ?Terminator 1, 2 and 3?.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, case back and bezel secured with eight hexagonal screws, winding-crown with security guard, push buttons with security levers, case back with special ?T3? decoration, sapphire crystal. D. Anthracite with textured pattern, luminous Arabic numerals, subsidiary "guilloché" dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer tachometer graduation, "cyclops" aperture for the date. Luminous steel "bâton" hands.M. Cal. 2226 / 2840, rhodium plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 54 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and five positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, 21 K gold rotor.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 50 mm.