Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 09, 2014

LOT 95

AUDEMARS PIGUET, REF. 26108 ST. ROYAL OAK RHONE-FUSTERIE LIMITED EDITION Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph, Rhone-Fusterie," No. 062/500, case No. F 99376, Ref. 26108 ST. Made in a limited series of 500 pieces in 2008 to celebrate the opening of the Audemars Piguet boutique in Geneva. Very fine, large, tonneau-shaped, octagonal, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round-button chronograph, registers, tachometer, date and a stainless steel Audemars Piguet deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original dedicated wooden presentation box, guarantee and Certificate of Authenticity.

Three-body, polished and brushed, case back and bezel secured with 8 hexagonal screws, screwed-down winding crown, case back engraved "Rhone-Fusterie," sapphire crystal. Red with checker board decoration, steel-rimmed luminescent Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer tachometer scale on an inclined silver reserve, aperture for the date, sapphire crystal. Luminous steel baton hands. Cal. 3126/ 3840, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 59 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, 22K gold rotor.