Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Feb 22, 2014

LOT 198

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.

HKD 70,000 - 100,000

USD 9,000 - 12,000 / CHF 8,000 - 11,000

Sold: HKD 212,500

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.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 3-8

Good

Slightly scratched

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial, case and movement signed. DIM. 39 x 47 mm. THICKNESS 7 mm. APPROX. overall length 170 mm.