Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jul 09, 2016

LOT 344

AUDEMARS PIGUET REF. 26030 ROYAL OAK 'JUAN PABLO MONTOYA' LIMITED EDITION TITANIUM AND STEEL Audemars Piguet, Genève, Royal Oak Offshore "Juan Pablo Montoya" Chronograph, No. 0543 / 1000, case No. F 24269, 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, guarantee and booklets.

HKD 200,000 - 280,000

USD 25,750 - 36,000 / CHF 25,500 - 35,675

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.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 1

As new

Movement: 1*

As new

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 46 mm. THICKNESS 15 mm. The 2004 Juan Pablo Montoya was the first Royal Oak Offshore with a sapphire caseback.