Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Mar 28, 2007

LOT 286

"Royal Oak ? Chronograph - Quantième Perpétuel Automatique" Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Royal Oak ? Chronograph - Quantième Perpétuel Automatique", No. 561140, case No. F 02891, Ref. 25854 TI. Made circa 2005. Very fine and rare, tonneau-shaped with octagonal bezel, astronomic, self-winding, water-resistant, titanium gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, round button chronograph, register, moon phases and an integrated, stainless steel Royal Oak bracelet and deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, octagonal bezel with 8 hexagonal recessed white gold nuts screwed to 8 screws on the case back, hexagonal screwed-down winding crown, crown and buttons with rubber cap, sapphire crystal. D. Textured silver with applied luminous blued steel indexes, subsidiary dials for the 30-minute register, the days of the month, of the week, the months and the age of the moon. Luminous black "baton" hands. M. Cal. 2226/2839, rhodium-plated, 54 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, engraved 18K yellow gold rotor segment. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 45 mm. Thickness 16 mm.