40,000 CHF
AUDEMARS PIGUET ROYAL OAK JUMBO RETAILED BY BULGARI, FORMER PROPERTY OF THE PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA CARLOS ANDRES PEREZ (CAP) Audemars Piguet, “Royal Oak Jumbo, Automatic”, No. 151, case No. B18989 movement No. 174014, Ref. 5402BA, retailed by Bulgari. Sold in 1977. Fine and very rare, octagonal, self-winding, water-resistant, 18k yellow gold wristwatch with date and an 18k yellow gold Audemars Piguet bracelet with deployant clasp. Accompanied by an Audemars Piguet Certificate of Origin. Two-body, polished and brushed, octagonal bezel set with 8 hexagonal nuts embanked in 8 screws on the engraved case back (CAP 1977), angled lugs, sapphire crystal. Anthracite, clous de Paris decoration, applied luminous steel baton indexes, applied gold Audemars Piguet logo at 6, outer white minute divisions, aperture for the date. Luminous steel baton hands. Cal. 2121, 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 fl at balance spring, 21K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 39 x 48 mm. Thickness 7 mm. Approx. overall length 170 mm. Notes Examples of Royal Oak's that are double signed with the retailer's name are very rare. Unknown to the market until now, it is the fi rst Royal Oak retailed by Bulgari to appear at auction. Carlos Andrés Pérez Rodríguez (27 October 1922 – 25 December 2010), was President of Venezuela from 1974 to
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2012-05-13
