25,200 CHF
Tantalium and Pink Gold, Quantième Perpétuel Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Royal Oak - Quantième Perpétuel Automatique", No. 018, case No. D80649, Ref. 25820TR. Sold on May 3rd, 2001. Very fine and rare, octagonal, self-winding, water-resistant, tantalium and 18K pink gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar, leap year indication, phases and age of the moon and a tantalium and 18K pink gold Audemars Piguet bracelet with deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box, warranty, extra link and booklet. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, octagonal bezel set with 8 hexagonal nuts embanked in 8 screws on the case back, correctors on the band, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. Pink gold with applied pink gold and black baton and dot indexes, subsidiary dials for the days of the month, of the week, the months, leap year and the age of the moon, aperture for the moon phases, outer minute divisions. Blackened gold baton hands. Cal. 2120/4, rhodium-plated, 38 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax type balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, hand-engraved and skeletonized rotor with 21K gold segment. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 9.5 mm. Approx overall length 175 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-11-14
