Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

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

LOT 68

"Royal Oak - Quantième Perpétuel Automatique" Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Royal Oak - Quantième Perpétuel Automatique", No. 137, mvt. No. 549167, case No. F08397. Made circa 2003. Very fine and rare, octagonal, astronomic, skeletonized, self-winding, water-resistant, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, phases and age of the moon and a platinum Audemars Piguet bracelet with deployant clasp.

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. Mother of pearl with applied white gold indexes, subsidiary dials for the days of the month, of the week, the months and the age of the moon, aperture for the moon phases. Luminous white gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 2120/4, rhodium-plated, 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, handengraved and skeletonized rotor with 21K gold segment. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 9.5 mm. Approx. overall length 190 mm.