$72,000
Tourbillon Chronographe Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Royal Oak Off-Shore, Tourbillon Chronograph," movement No. 570772, case No. F03642, Ref. 25977 ST. Made in a limited number, circa 2005. 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 integrated bracelet with concealed deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original certificate and large mahogany fitted box. Three-body, polished and brushed, transparent case back with 8 screws, octagonal bezel with 8 hexagonal white gold screws, screwed-down hexagonal winding-crown and pushers, sapphire crystals. Blue checkerboard pattern with applied blue luminous indexes, silvered subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 30-minute register, aperture for the tourbillon regulator under a polished steel bridge at 6, outer minute/seconds division with five Arabic numerals. Luminous white baton hands. Cal 2889, rhodium plated, oeil de perdrix 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 What is a Tourbillon ? A Tourbillon is a regulating mechanism in which the escapement of a movement is housed within a revolving carriage. It was developed in an effort to attain better precision.When a wa
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-10-17
