Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 13, 2016

LOT 272

AUDEMARS PIGUET ROYAL OAK MID-SIZE AUTOMATIC YELLOW GOLD Audemars Piguet, "Royal Oak, Automatic", case No. 169, No. D-68329, Ref. BA 4100/477. Made in the 1980's. Fine and rare, octagonal, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with date and an 18K yellow gold Audemars Piguet link bracelet with concealed deployant clasp.

Two-body, polished and brushed, octagonal bezel set with 8 hexagonal nuts embanked in 8 screws on the case back, angled lugs with 4 screws to fix the bracelet, sapphire crystal. Champagne "clous de Paris" with applied luminous yellow gold baton indexes, aperture for the date. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. Rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 36 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted for heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, 21K gold rotor.