Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 22, 2013

LOT 279

AUDEMARS PIGUET REF. 26176 BUMBLEBEE Audemars Piguet, Genève, ?Royal Oak Offshore Bumble Bee,? No. 1238, case No. G 95585, Ref. 26176 FO. Made in 2010. Fine, large, tonneau-shaped, octagonal bezel, self-winding, water-resistant, forged carbon fiber, titanium, stainless steel, rubber and Ceramic wristwatch with date, round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and an Audemars Piguet titanium and PVD-coated deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box, warranty and instruction booklet

C. Three-body, forged carbon body, Ceramic bezel and titanium reverse secured by 8 bolts each, crown and buttons with rubber cap protected by the crown guard, screwed-down winding crown, sapphire crystal.
D. Bi-color, textured black and yellow with applied steel and yellow Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute and 12-hour registers, outer tachometer graduation to 1000 UPH, aperture for the date with cyclops lens. Luminous steel baton hands.
M. Cal. 3126/ 3840, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 54 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. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 45 x 54 mm. Thickness 15 mm.