Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jul 09, 2016

LOT 342

AUDEMARS PIGUET REF. 26157 S.R. ROYAL OAK "THE NATIONAL CLASSIC TOUR" LIMITED EDITION STEEL AND PINK GOLD Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Royal Oak Chronograph, The National Classic Tour," case No. F 99592, Ref. 26157. Made in a limited edition of 40 pieces in 2007. Very fine, large, tonneau-shaped, octagonal, self-winding, water- resistant, stainless steel and pink gold wristwatch with round- button chronograph, registers, date and a stainless steel Audemars Piguet deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box, Certificate of Authenticity, and guarantee.

Three-body, polished and brushed, case back and bezel secured with 8 hexagonal screws, screwed-down winding crown, case back engraved with "The National Classic Tour," 2007 logo, sapphire crystal. White with checker board decoration, square pink gold- rimmed luminous indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12- hour and 30-minute registers, outer seconds track with 5-second Arabic markers on an inclined silver reserve, aperture for the date between 4&5, sapphire crystal. Luminous pink gold baton hands. Cal. 2385, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 49 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, 22K gold rotor.