Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Nov 10, 2013
AUDEMARS PIGUET, REF. 15189ST. ROYAL OAK, 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF BANQUE PICTET Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Royal Oak - Automatic", case No. F 18700, Ref. 15189ST. Made in a special edition to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Pictet & Cie in 2005. Very fine and extremely rare, tonneau shaped, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with date and a stainless steel Audemars Piguet deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box, pictet booklet and a Certificate of Origin.
Two-body, polished and brushed, octagonal bezel with 8 hexagonal gold screws and 8 gold nuts on the case back, case back engraved with the Pictet logo, name of the employee and 1805 - 2005, mobile lugs, hexagonal screwed-down winding crown, sapphire crystal. Textured matte silver with applied luminous steel baton indexes, outer minute divisions with five minute Arabic numerals, aperture for the date. Luminous steel baton hands. Cal. 2225, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 36 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self compensating flat balance spring, rotor with 21K gold segment, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed.
Grading System | |
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Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 2-8 |
Very good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 2* |
Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 1-01 |
As new HANDS Original |