Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

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

LOT 69

"Royal Oak Offshore" Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Royal Oak Offshore", No 852, mvt. No. 584450, case No. F35218, Ref. 259400K. Made circa 2003. Very fine, oversized, anti-magnetic, octagonal, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with date, round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and an Audemars Piguet 18K pink gold deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, case back and bezel secured with 8 hexagonal screws, rubber bezel, screwed-down winding-crown, sapphire crystal. D. Anthracite with textured pattern and luminous Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12- hour and 30-minute registers, outer tachometer graduation, "cyclops" aperture for the date. Luminous gold ?bâton? hands. M. Cal. 2226, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 54 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, 21K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 45 mm. Thickness: 15 mm.