$5,290
Audemars Piguet, Genève, " Royal Oak Offshore, Automatic", No. 740, movement No. 461315, case No. E 16103, 1990's. Fine, large, octagonal, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with rubber topped round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and date, orange leather strap and steel clasp. Accompanied by a green leather, octagonal, glassed cover fitted box and certificate. three body, polished and brushed, octagonal bezel with 8 octagonal white gold nuts embanked in 8 steel screws on the case back bound with Therban, silicone winding-crown and chronograph buttons, sapphire crystal. orange "clous de Paris" decoration with tritium-coated steel indexes, auxiliary black and "guilloché" ring dials for the seconds, the 12 hours and 30 minutes registers, outer tachometer graduation. "Cyclope" aperture for the date."Bâton" tritium-coated steel hands. Cal. 2226, rhodium plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 54 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted for heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, 21K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 45 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2000-06-22
