Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
New York, Sep 30, 2015
AUDEMARS PIGUET REF. 26030 ROYAL OAK 'JUAN PABLO MONTOYA ' LIMITED EDITION Audemars Piguet, Genève, Royal Oak Offshore "Juan Pablo Montoya" Chronograph, No. 0530/1000, case No. F 24256, Ref. 2603010. Made in a limited edition of 1000 pieces in 2004. Very fine, oversized, octagonal, self-winding, water resistant, titanium, steel and carbon fiber wristwatch with date, square button chronograph, registers, tachometer and an Audemars Piguet stainless steel deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box, Certificate of Authenticity and guarantee. .
Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, transparent case back and bezel secured with 8 hexagonal screws, bezel with carbon fiber inlay, screwed-down winding crown, sapphire crystals. Textured silver with luminous steel baton indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute and 12-hour registers, outer tachometer graduation, cyclops aperture for the date. Luminous steel baton hands. Cal. 2226, rhodium-plated, 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.