Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong,the Ritz Carlton Hotel,harbour Room, 3rd Floor, Jun 02, 2007

LOT 89

"For Arnold Schwarzenegger" Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Royal Oak Offshore - T3", specially designed in cooperation with Arnold Schwarzenegger for the film "Terminator 3 - Rise of the Machines?, No. F 03687. Made in a limited edition especially for Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2003. Very fine and very rare, oversized, octagonal, self-winding, water-resistant, titanium gentleman's wristwatch with secured round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, date and an Audemars Piguet titanium buckle.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, case back and bezel secured with 8 hexagonal screws, winding-crown with security guard, push buttons with security levers, case back with special "T3" decoration, domed sapphire crystal. D. Anthracite with textured pattern, luminous Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer tachometer graduation, "cyclops" aperture for the date. Luminous steel "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 2226 / 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. Diam. 50 mm. Thickness 15 mm.