Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 08, 2015

LOT 82

AUDEMARS PIGUET REF. 25863TI ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE T3 Audemars Piguet, Genève, Royal Oak Offshore T3, specially designed in cooperation with Arnold Schwarzenegger for the film "Terminator 3 - Rise of the Machines'" case No. F00392, Ref. 25863TI. Made in a limited series of 1000 examples in 2003. Very fine and rare, oversized, octagonal, self-winding, water resistant, titanium wristwatch with date, secured round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and an Audemars Piguet titanium buckle. Accompanied by certificate of authenticity, certificate of origin, fitted box, instruction booklet and "Terminator" dvd set.

Three-body, polished and brushed, case back and bezel secured with 8 hexagonal screws, winding-crown with security guard, push buttons with security levers, case back with special "T3" decoration, sapphire crystal. Matte silver with textured pattern, luminous Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer tachometer graduation, "cyclops" aperture for the date. Luminous steel bâton hands. Cal. 2226 / 2840, rhodiumplated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 54 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, 21K gold rotor.