Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 09, 2014

LOT 94

AUDEMARS PIGUET REF. 15701 ROYAL OAK LA BOUTIQUE SPECIAL EDITION Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Royal Oak Offshore Automatic," case No. F63366, Ref. 15701 ST. Made in 2005, sold October 26th, 2006. Very fine and rare, large, octagonal, center seconds, self- winding, water-resistant, stainless steel diver's wristwatch with date, two crowns and a stainless steel Audemars Piguet deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original dedicated presentation case, instructions and Certificate of Authenticity.

Three-body, polished and brushed, octagonal bezel with 8 hexagonal screws and 8 screws on the case back, case back embossed with the depiction of an Audemars Piguet Boutique, screwed-down winding crown with rubber cap protected by the crown guard, the crown at 10 turns the unidirectional inner disc for elapsed time, sapphire crystal. Black with central "clous de Paris" decoration, luminous Arabic numerals, outer minute track, outermost unidirectional disc for the decompression times, aperture for the date with internal cyclops lens. Luminous steel baton hands. Cal. 2325, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 32 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, hack mechanism, 21K gold lined rotor.