Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Feb 22, 2014
AUDEMARS PIGUET ROYAL OAK JUMBO A SERIES STEEL Audemars Piguet, Royal Oak Jumbo, Automatic, case No. A 328, Ref. 5402ST. Made circa 1972. Very fine and rare, octagonal, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with date and a stainless steel Audemars Piguet bracelet with deployant clasp signed Gay Frères.
Two-body, polished and brushed, octagonal bezel set with 8 hexagonal nuts embanked in 8 screws on the case back, angled lugs, screwed-down winding crown, sapphire crystal. Anthracite, clous de Paris decoration, applied luminous steel baton indexes, aperture for the date at 3. Luminous steel baton hands. Cal. 2121, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 36 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted for heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, 21K gold rotor.
Grading System | |
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Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3-8 |
Good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |