$28,800
Royal Oak Offshore Limited Edition “Worth Avenue” Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph,” No. 023/100, case No. F 69577.Made in a limited series of 100 examples in 2006 to celebrate the Audemars Piguet boutique on Worth Avenue in Palm Beach, Florida. Very fine, large, octagonal, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round-button chronograph, registers, tachometer, date and a stainless steel Audemars Piguet deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original box, warranty and an extra Audemars Piguet stainless-steel bracelet. Three-body, polished and brushed, case back and bezel secured with 8 hexagonal screws, screwed-down winding crown, case back engraved “Worth Avenue” sapphire crystal. Two-tone black, clous de Paris decoration, steel-rimmed green luminescent Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer tachometer scale on an inclined reserve, aperture for the date, sapphire crystal. Luminous steel baton hands. Cal. 3126/3840, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 59 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, 22K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 14.5 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-12-11
