$21,850
“Rodeo Drive” Audemars Piguet, Genève, "Royal Oak Offshore – Rodeo Drive Limited Edition", No. 2/50, movement No. 603932, case No. F 43966, Ref. 26060 ST. Made in a limited edition of 50 examples in 2005. Very fine and rare, oversized, octagonal, self-winding, waterresistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with rubber- topped round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, date and a stainless steel Audemars Piguet deployant clasp. Accompanied by a special fitted box, stainless steel Audemars Piguet link bracelet and certificate. Three-body, polished and brushed, case back and bezel secured with eight hexagonal screws, screwed-down hexagonal and rubber-topped winding crown, sapphire crystal. White "clous de Paris" decoration with aqua-blue-colored indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer tachometer graduation. "Cyclops" aperture for the date. Aqua-blue steel "baton" hands. Cal. 2226, rhodiumplated, “fausses côtes” decoration, 51 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, 21K gold rotor segment. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 48 mm. Thickness 14 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-12-07