Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 11, 2013

LOT 111

AUDEMARS PIGUET REF. 26176 BUMBLEBEE Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Royal Oak Offshore Bumble Bee," No. 0341, case No. G 78888, Ref. 26176 FO. Made in 2009. Fine, large, tonneau-shaped, octagonal bezel, self- winding, water-resistant, forged carbon fiber, titanium, stainless steel, rubber and Ceramic wristwatch with date, round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and an Audemars Piguet titanium and PVD-coated deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box, warranty and instruction booklet.

Three-body, forged carbon body, Ceramic bezel and titanium back secured by 8 bolts each, crown and buttons with rubber cap protected by the crown guard, screwed-down winding crown, sapphire crystal. Bi-color, textured black and yellow with applied steel and yellow Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute and 12-hour registers, outer tachometer graduation to 1000 UPH, aperture for the date with magnifying lens. Luminous steel baton hands. Cal. 3126/ 3840, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes 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. Dial, case and movement signed.