Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jul 09, 2016

LOT 97

AUDEMARS PIGUET REF. 26325TS ROYAL OAK LEO MESSI LIMITED EDITION TANTALUM AND STEEL Audemars Piguet, Genève, Royal Oak "Leo Messi" Limited Edition Chronograph, No. 212 / 500, case No. H 72646, Ref. 26325TS. Made in a limited edition of 500 pieces circa 2012. Very fine and rare, large, tonneau-shaped, self- winding, water-resistant, tantalum and stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, date and stainless steel Audemars Piguet deployant clasp.

HKD 120,000 - 200,000

USD 15,450 - 25,750 / CHF 15,300 - 25,485

Sold: HKD 187,500

Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, case back with 8 screws, octagonal tantalum bezel with 8 hexagonal gold screws, screwed-down hexagonal winding crown and buttons, case back engraved, sapphire crystal. Gray with luminous steel baton indexes, outer 1/5th seconds track, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12- hour and 30-minute registers, aperture for the date between 4 & 5. Luminous steel baton hands. Cal. 2385, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 37 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 segment.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 2

Very good

Movement: 1*

As new

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 42 mm. THICKNESS 11 mm.