141,000 CHF
“Royal Oak Tourbillon Chronographe” Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Royal Oak, Tourbillon Chronograph", No. 555911, case No. F 03648, Ref. 25977ST. Made in limited numbers, circa 2000, sold in December 2005. Accompanied by a magnifying loupe. Very fine and important, large, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator, round button chronograph, register and a stainless steel Audemars Piguet bracelet with concealed deployant clasp. Accompanied by a mahogany fitted box, certificate and booklet. Three-body, polished and brushed, transparent case back with 8 screws, octagonal bezel with 8 hexagonal white gold screws, protected screwed-down hexagonal winding-crown and pushers, sapphire crystals. Black checkerboard pattern with applied luminous white gold indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute register, aperture for the tourbillon regulator under a polished steel bridge at 6. Luminous white gold "baton" hands. Cal. 2889, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 25 jewels, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold and 5 positions, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 47 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Notes Royal Oak This model was produced in a limited edition of only 150 watches –30 pieces in 2002, 60 in 2003 and 60 in 2004. It is one of Audemars Piguet’s most complicated watches and their most innovative model. Ent
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-10-14
