Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 28, 2014

LOT 277

AUDEMARS PIGUET REF. 26138TI. ROYAL OAK SEDDIQI DUBAI CHRONOGRAPH TAITANIUM Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Royal Oak Seddiqi Dubai chronograph, case No. F99917, Ref. 26138TI, limited No. 37/50. Made in a limited edition of 50 examples for Seddiqi dubai boutique. Very fine and rare, large, tonneau-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant, titanium wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, date and titanium Audemars Piguet deployant clasp on a crocodile leather strap.

Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, case back with 8 screws, octagonal bezel with 8 hexagonal gold screws, screwed-down hexagonal winding crown and buttons, case back engraved , sapphire crystal. Black with exclusive "Grande Tapisserie" motif, red painted baton indexes subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12- hour and 30-minute registers, aperture for the date between 4 & 5. Red painted baton hands. Cal. 2385, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 37 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 segment.