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Geneva, Oct 14, 2007

LOT 94

Yellow Gold ?Royal Oak Moon Phase? Audemars Piguet, Genève, ?Royal Oak Automatic?, No. 391866, case No. 1639, Ref. 25572. Made in 1990. Very fine, tonneau-shaped, astronomic, self-winding, waterresistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with day, date, moon phases and an 18K yellow gold Audemars Piguet bracelet with concealed deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, octagonal bezel set with 8 hexagonal white gold nuts for the 8 screws of the case back, screwed-down hexagonal winding-crown, sapphire crystal. D. Cream, "Clous-de-Paris" decorated with applied luminous yellow gold baton indexes, subsidiary matte yellow gold ring dials for the date and days of the week, aperture for the moon phases. Luminous yellow gold ?baton" hands. M. Cal. 21242825, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 38 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 9 mm.