62,400 CHF
Quantième Perpétuel Automatique Squelette No. 1 Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Royal Oak - Quantième Perpétuel Automatique Squelette", No. 001, case No. D80662. Made circa 2000. Very fine and important, octagonal, astronomic, skeletonized, self-winding, water-resistant, platinum wristwatch with perpetual calendar, phases and age of the moon and a platinum Audemars Piguet bracelet with deployant clasp. Accompanied by an Audemars Piguet fitted box. 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. Transparent, subsidiary white ring dials for the days of the month, of the week, the months and the age of the moon, aperture for the moon phases, outer minute track. Blackened feuille hands. Cal. 2120/4, rhodium-plated, hand-engraved and skeletonized, 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 180 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-05-10
