774,000 HKD
AUDEMARS PIGUET RUBENS BARRICHELLO II PROTOTYPE Audemars Piguet, Royal Oak Offshore, Rubens Barrichello II, Ref. 26078, PR01. Made as a prototype for exhibition purposes only. Exceptionally rare and probably unique, oversized, octagonal, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel, pink gold plated and ceramic wristwatch with date, square button chronograph, registers, tachometer and an Audemars Piguet stainless steel and pink gold plated deployant buckle. Accompanied by a letter from Audemars Piguet confirming originality and prototype status as well as a 2011 service receipt from Audemars Piguet. Three-body, polished and brushed, case back and bezel secured witHEIGHT hexagonal screws, ultra-resistant ' anti-shock' technical ceramics for the bezel and push-buttons, side profile of the bezel mimicking the ventilations on a brake disc, pink gold screw-down crown inspired by a gear wheel and the push buttons inspired by brake cooling ducts, case back with prototype Rubens Barrichello logo, sapphire crystal. Matte silver and black with applied luminous baton indexes, outer fifths of a second divisions, outermost tachometer on a concave frosted silver reserve, the center pierced with mega tapisserie racing motif to reveal the movement, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, cyclops aperture for the date. Luminous pink gold baton hands. Cal. 2326/ 2840, rhodiumplated, fausses cotes decoration, 50 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, mono Read more…
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2016-07-09
