Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Mar 28, 2007

LOT 285

"Monte Napoleone Chronograph" Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Royal Oak Offshore - Monte Napoleone?, No. 048/100, case No. F 53783, Ref. 26075 ST. Made in a limited edition of 100 pieces in 2005. Sold on July 7, 2006. Very fine and rare, oversized, tonneau-shaped with octagonal bezel, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with date, round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and an Audemars Piguet stainless steel deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, case back and bezel secured with 8 hexagonal screws, crown and buttons with rubber cap protected by the "crown guard", screwed-down winding crown, sapphire crystal. D. Textured green with luminous Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute and 12-hour registers, outer tachometer graduation, ?cyclops? aperture for the date. Luminous steel "baton" hands. M. Cal. 2326/2840, 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. Dim. 45 x 54 mm. Thickness 14 mm.