Important Watches
Important Watches
PROPERTY OF AN INTERNATIONAL COLLECTOR
Auction Closed
July 11, 09:58 AM GMT
Estimate
240,000 - 400,000 HKD
Lot Details
Description
PROPERTY OF AN INTERNATIONAL COLLECTOR
AUDEMARS PIGUET
愛彼
ROYAL OAK, REFERENCE 5402BA
A YELLOW GOLD BRACELET WATCH WITH DATE, CIRCA 1982
Royal Oak 型號5402BA
黃金鏈帶腕錶,備日期顯示,機芯編號225248,錶殼編號628,約1982年製
附帶證書及盒子
Dial: champagne
Calibre: cal. 2121 automatic, 36 jewels
Movement number: 225'248
Case: 18k yellow gold, case back secured by 8 screws
Case number: 628
Closure: 18k yellow gold Audemars Piguet bracelet and folding clasp
Size: 39 mm diameter, bracelet circumference approximately 170 mm
Signed: case, dial and movement
Accessories: Audemars Piguet Certificat d'Origine and presentation box
Audemars Piguet launched the famous Royal Oak in the early 1970s, revolutionizing the luxury watch industry in the face of the quartz crisis. Gérald Genta designed this iconic shape, inspired by a diving-suit helmet, to feature a fully integrated bracelet: a first of its kind. Maintaining all the original lines of Genta's 1972 masterpiece, this 5402 in yellow gold has clearly been extremely well cared for over the years, with crisp edges and perfect graining.
While the first stainless steel models were divided into four alpha-numerical series from A-D, the yellow gold and two-toned versions were first launched around 1979 and were numbered simply from one. The present watch has been retained in very good original condition.