$12,390
“Yellow Gold Royal Oak” Audemars Piguet, Genève, “Royal Oak - Day-Date-Moon Phases - Automatic”, No. 1240, Ref. 25594. Made circa 2000. Very fine, tonneau-shaped, astronomic, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with double date, moon phases and an integrated, 18K yellow gold Audemars Piguet bracelet with deployant clasp. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, octagonal bezel set with 8 hexagonal white gold nuts for the 8 screws of the case back, screwed-down hexagonal winding-crown, sapphire crystal. Champagne "Clous-de- Paris" decorated with applied luminous yellow gold bâton indexes, subsidiary matte yellow gold ring dials for the date and days of the week, aperture for the moon phases. Luminous yellow gold “bâton" hands. Cal. 2825, rhodium-plated, "faussescôtes" decoration, 38 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, selfcompensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 9 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-09-20
