84,000 CHF
Royal Oak Offshore, Rubens Barrichello II Audemars Piguet, “Royal Oak Offshore, Limited Edition, Rubens Barrichello II”, Ref. 26078RO, No. 112/500, Made in a limited edition of 500 pieces in pink gold. Very fine and very rare, heavy, oversized, octagonal, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold and ceramic wristwatch with date, square button chronograph, registers, tachometer and an Audemars Piguet 18K pink gold deployant buckle. Accompanied by a certificate and user’s manual. Three-body, polished and brushed, case back and bezel secured with eight hexagonal screws, ultra-resistant ‘ anti-shock’ technical ceramics for the bezel, push-buttons and crown, side profile of the bezel mimicking the ventilations on a brake disc’s edges, screw-down crown inspired by a gear wheel and the push buttons inspired by brake cooling ducts, case back with special 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, 54 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spr
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-05-11
