$35,400
“Stainless-steel Jay-Z” Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Royal Oak - Offshore – Jay-Z 10th Anniversary", case No. F 47543. Made in a limited edition of 50 examples to honor Jay-Z’s 10th year in the music industry in 2005. Very fine and rare, octagonal, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel and diamond gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, date and a stainless steel Audemars Piguet deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box, certificate and a specially engraved 40G Apple iPod, uploaded with Jay-Z's albums. Three-body, polished and brushed, octagonal bezel with 8 hexagonal screws secured by 8 screws on the case back, specially engraved case back with “Jay-Z”-signature, windingcrown with rubber cap protected by the "crown guard", sapphire crystal. Black with steel stylized Arabic numerals and diamond-set “10”, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12- hour and 30-minute registers, outer graduation for the days of the month, aperture for the date. Luminous steel "bâton" hands. Cal. 2226 / 2840,, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 36 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, rotor with 21K gold segment. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 46 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Notes Jay-Z Hip-Hop artist and President/CEO of Def Jam Recordings and Roc- A-Fella Records is an avid collector of Audemars Pi
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-09-20
