$123,150
“Tourbillon chronographe” Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Royal Oak, Tourbillon chronograph", case No. F 21068, ref 25977ST. Made in limited production circa 2000. Very fine and important, large, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator, round button chronograph, register and a stainless steel Audemars Piguet bracelet with deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and a certificate. 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. Black check board pattern with applied luminous gold indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute register, aperture for the tourbillon regulator under a polished steel bridge at 6.Luminous gold "bâton" 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.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-09-20
