Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Oct 15, 2006

LOT 65

"Royal Oak - Quantième Perpétuel Automatique Squelette" Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Royal Oak - Quantième Perpétuel Automatique Squelette", No. 41, case No. F03320. Made in 2005. Very fine and rare, octagonal, astronomic, skeletonized, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, phases and age of the moon and an 18K pink gold Audemars Piguet bracelet with deployant clasp. Accompanied by a certificate.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, octagonal bezel set with 8 hexagonal nuts embanked in 8 screws on the case back, correctors on the band, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Transparent, subsidiary silver ring dials for the days of the month, of the week, the months and the age of the moon, aperture for the moon phases. Black "feuille" hands. M. Cal. 2120/2802, rhodium-plated, hand-engraved and skeletonized, 38 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance spring, hand-engraved and skeletonized rotor with 21K gold segment. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 9.5 mm.