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Audemars Piguet
Reference 26603ST.OO.D002CR.01003 Royal Oak Offshore Equation due Temps 'Mexico' | A stainless steel automatic perpetual calendar wristwatch with equation of time, moon phases, and sunrise and sunset indications, Circa 2010 | 愛彼 26603ST.OO.D002CR.01003 型號 Royal Oak Offshore Equation due Temps 'Mexico' | 精鋼自動上鏈萬年曆腕錶備時間等式、月相及日出日落時間顯示，約2010年製
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June 15, 05:21 PM GMT
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30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Property from the X Collection
Audemars Piguet
Reference 26603ST.OO.D002CR.01003 Royal Oak Offshore Equation due Temps 'Mexico'
A stainless steel automatic perpetual calendar wristwatch with equation of time, moon phases, and sunrise and sunset indications, Circa 2010
愛彼 26603ST.OO.D002CR.01003 型號 Royal Oak Offshore Equation due Temps 'Mexico'
精鋼自動上鏈萬年曆腕錶備時間等式、月相及日出日落時間顯示，約2010年製
Dial: silvered, Grande Tapisserie
Caliber: cal. 2120/2808 automatic, 41 jewels
Movement number: 551'063
Case: stainless steel, sapphire crystal display back secured by eight screws
Case number: H 05652, no. 23
Closure: stainless steel Audemars Piguet folding buckle
Size: 42 mm diameter
Signed: case, dial and movement
Box: yes
Papers: yes
Accessories: Audemars Piguet winding box with outer packaging and Guarantee Certificate (undated)
The early 2000s were a period when Audemars Piguet used the Royal Oak platform to experiment with multiple combinations of horological complications. One of those was the integration of a perpetual calendar with ‘Equation of Time’ set to a specific location as well as a sunset/sunrise indicator.
In its simplest terms, the equation of time is defined as the difference between the time displayed by the position of the sun (as by a sundial) and the time displayed by any modern clock. These two readings are not exactly the same based on the angle of the axis of the earth’s rotation and the ovoid path the earth travels around the sun. Here, the true solar time is indicated via the blue center hand and is graduated to -15/+15 minutes.
The current example is cased in stainless steel and is calibrated to Mexico as displayed on the dial with the time of the solar zenith indicated as 12h 36m. It is understood that Audemars Piguet would change the location ring on the watch to accommodate the location of the next owner.