Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong, Jul 10, 2005

LOT 252

?Royal Oak? 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 deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, yellow gold octagonalgonalbezel set with 8 octagonal white gold nuts for the 8 screws of thecase back, screwed-down hexagonal winding-crown, sapphirecrystal. D. Slate "Clous-de-Paris" decorated with applied yellowgold indexes, subsidiary matte gold ring dials for the date anddays of the week, aperture for the moon phases. Yellow goldbâton" hands. M. Cal. 2825, rhodium-plated,"fausses côtes"decoration, 38 jewels, straight line lever escapement,monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flatbalance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 10 mm.Approx. overall length 160 mm.