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Hôtel Plaza Athénée - Le Trianon, Sep 28, 2005

LOT 300

?Royal Oak? Audemars Piguet, Genève,"Royal Oak - Day and Date, Automatic", No. 596. Made circa 2000. Very fine, tonneau-shaped, astronomic, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with double date, moon phases and an integrated, 18K yellow gold Audemars Piguet bracelet and deployant clasp.

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. Off-white "Clous-de-Paris" decorated with applied luminous yellow gold bâton indexes, subsidiary matte yellow gold ring dials for the date and days of the week, aperture for the moon phases. Luminous yellow gold bâton" hands. M. Cal. 2825, rhodiumplated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 38 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shockabsorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 10 mm. Approx. overall length 160 mm.