Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
New York, Sep 30, 2014
LOT 51
AUDEMARS PIGUET, REF. 25977 TOURBILLON CHRONOGRAPHE YELLOW GOLD Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Royal Oak, Tourbillon Chronograph," movement No. 600520, case No. F65181, Ref. 25977. Sold July 7th, 2006. Very fine and important, large, tonneau-shaped, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with visible one minute tourbillon regulator, round button chronograph, register and an 18K yellow gold Audemars Piguet link bracelet with deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted wooden box, magnifying glass, Certificate of Origin, Certificate of Authenticity, instruction manual, leather folder, service papers dated 05/29/2014 and three extra links.
USD 120,000 - 180,000
HKD 931,000 - 1,396,000 / CHF 105,000 - 158,000
Three-body, polished and brushed, transparent case back with 8 screws, octagonal bezel with 8 hexagonal white gold screws, screwed-down hexagonal winding-crown and push-buttons, sapphire crystals. Ivory-color checkerboard pattern with applied yellow gold luminous indexes, guilloche subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 30-minute register, aperture for the tourbillon regulator under a polished steel bridge at 6. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. Cal 2889, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 25 jewels, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold and 5 positions, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.
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