Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Feb 22, 2014

LOT 84

AUDEMARS PIGUET ROYAL OAK CONCEPT CARBON TOURBILLON CHRONOGRAPH Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Royal Oak Concept" No. 201, case No. G 74488, Ref. 26265 FO. Sold on October, 2011. Extremely fine, rare and unusual, oversized, tonneau-shaped, water-resistant, forget carbon wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator, instantaneous mainspring torque indicator ("Dynamograph"), linear power- reserve indication, crown function mode push-button and indication, octagonal ceramic bezel and a titanium Audemars Piguet deployant clasp. Accompanied by the wooden box, warranty, instruction booklet and magnifying glass.

Three-body, carbon, case back and bezel secured with 8 hexagonal screws, ceramic screw down hexagonal winding crown and push-button to select the crown functions, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. Transparent with outermost luminous dots, subsidiary indicators for the mainspring torque, linear power-reserve, seconds, the winding/neutral/setting functions of the crown, visible one-minute tourbillon regulator under a matte "serpentine" bridge. Skeletonized luminous steel baton hands. Cal. 2895 with skeletonized, mainplate made of ISO carbon, 34 jewels, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator with 3 equidistant steel arms, monometallic balance with mean time screws, titanium shock absorbers, self-compensating Breguet balance spring.