Important Collectors’ Wristwatches,Po...

New York, Mar 23, 2005

LOT 198

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. Accom-panied by a box and certificate.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, case back and bezel secured with eight hexagonal screws, winding-crownwith 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, the12-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 leverescapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensatingflat balance-spring, 21K gold rotor.Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 50 mm. Thickness: 15 mm.