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Lot No. 121

                                                                                                                                                                                                 AUDEMARS PIGUET
                                                                                                                                                                                                 ROYAL OAK DUAL TIME
                                                                                                                                                                                                 18K ROSE GOLD WRISTWATCH

                                                                                                                                                                                                 REFERENCE  26120OR.OO.D088CR.01

                                                                                                                                                                                                 Housed on a chocolate brown crocodile strap
                                                                                                                                                                                                 attached by a double deployment clasp. It
                                                                                                                                                                                                 includes a solid screwed down caseback. The
                                                                                                                                                                                                 solid three-body case, flat octagonal bezel
                                                                                                                                                                                                 with 8 screws, are polished/brushed. It has
                                                                                                                                                                                                 a screwed down winding crown. The dial is
                                                                                                                                                                                                 silver with ‘Grande Tapisserie’ embellishment,
                                                                                                                                                                                                 applied rose gold baton hour index markers,
                                                                                                                                                                                                 luminous rose gold baton hands, and an outer
                                                                                                                                                                                                 minute track. There is a subsidiary dial for the
                                                                                                                                                                                                 days of the month at the 2 o’clock position,
                                                                                                                                                                                                 the second time zone on dial is at 6 o’clock,
                                                                                                                                                                                                 and the power reserve arch is between 8 and
                                                                                                                                                                                                 11. There is a day/night indication between
                                                                                                                                                                                                 7 and 8 o’clock. The 10.30 mm thick case,
                                                                                                                                                                                                 dial, and movement are all signed. This
                                                                                                                                                                                                 timepiece has a mechanical automatic self-
                                                                                                                                                                                                 winding Audemars Piguet calibre 2329/2846
                                                                                                                                                                                                 movement. It’s rhodium-plated, with fausses
                                                                                                                                                                                                 cotes embellishment, and it’s constructed with
                                                                                                                                                                                                 33 jewels, 261 components, a straight-line
                                                                                                                                                                                                 lever escapement, and a monometallic balance
                                                                                                                                                                                                 that’s adjusted for temperature and 5 positions.
                                                                                                                                                                                                 It includes a shock absorber mechanism, a 21k
                                                                                                                                                                                                 gold weight segment, a self-compensating flat
                                                                                                                                                                                                 balance spring with variable inertia blocks, and
                                                                                                                                                                                                 a mobile stud holder. The mechanism oscillates
                                                                                                                                                                                                 at a frequency of 28,800 vph (4 Hz).

                                                                                                                                                                                                 This lot is presented with the original box,
                                                                                                                                                                                                 papers and a branded leather document sleeve.

                                                                                                                                                                                                 ` 27,50,000 - 32,50,000 | $ 33,536 - 39,634


                                                                                                                                                                                                            18k rose
                                                                                                                                                                                                   39 mm     gold      45 M      38 H

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