Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Aug 25, 2012

LOT 97

AUDEMARS PIGUET ARNOLD?S ALL STARS REF. 26020ST ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE STEEL Audemars Piguet, Genève, Royal Oak Offshore, No. 12293, case No. G31745. Ref. 25940ST. Sold in 2010. Engraved with Arnold Schwarzenegger's signature, originally to benefit the All-Stars Charity during a poker tournament organized in NYC at the Audemars Piguet boutique. Fine and possibly unique, tonneau-shaped with octagonal bezel, self-winding, waterresistant, stainless steel wristwatch with date, round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and an Audemars Piguet stainless steel deployant clasp Accompanied by the original fitted box, warranty autographed by Schwarzenegger and instruction booklet.

C. Three-body polished and brushed, case back and bezel secured with 8 hexagonal screws, case back engraved Arnold Schwarzenegger's signature, crown and buttons with rubber cap protected by the crown guard, screw down winding crown, sapphire crystal with cyclop lens. D. Two-tone Black with silver sub-dials, grande tapisserie decoration, with luminous Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute and 12-hour registers, outer tachometer graduation, aperture for the date. Luminous steel baton hands. M. Cal. 2226/ 2840, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 54 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating fl at balance spring, 21K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 45 x 54 mm. Thickness 14.5 mm.