Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
New York, Sep 30, 2015
LOT 288
AUDEMARS PIGUET REF. E-34606 ROYAL OAK CHRONO AUTOMATIC Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Royal Oak, Automatic," Ref. E-34606. Made in the early 2000s. Very fine, octagonal, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, date and an integrated, stainless steel link bracelet with deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box.
USD 12,000 - 18,000
HKD 93,000 - 140,000 / CHF 11,600 - 17,500
Sold: USD 13,750
Three-body, polished and brushed, case back and bezel secured with 8 hexagonal gold screws and nuts, case back with Royal Oak logo, screwed-down hexagonal buttons and crown, sapphire crystal. Ivory color checkered decoration with luminous yellow gold indexes, sunk subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30- minute registers, aperture for the date between 4 and 5. Luminous yellow gold bâton hands. Cal. 2385, rhodium-plated, fausses côtes decoration, 37 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring.
