Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Oct 26, 2013

LOT 240

AUDEMARS PIGUET REF 26267 CARBON DIAMONDS Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Royal Oak Offshore," No. 0263, case No. G 75785, Ref. 26267FS. Sold on December 12, 2011. Very Fine, tonneau-shaped, octagonal bezel with diamonds, self-winding, forged carbon chronograph wristwatch with date, round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and an Audemars Piguet PVD-coated steel deployant buckle. Accompanied by the original fitted box, warranty and instruction booklet.

Three-body, forged carbon body, ceramic bezel with 32 brilliant cut diamonds (apprx. 1.25 ct.), reverse secured by 8 bolts, crown and buttons with rubber cap protected by the crown guard, screwed-down winding crown, sapphire crystal. Textured black with applied white Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, 30-minute and 12-hour registers, aperture for the date at 4. Luminous steel baton hands. Cal. 2385, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 37 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, 18K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed.