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AUDEMARS PIGUET. A FINE AND RARE 18K GOLD LIMITED EDITION AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH DATE
Lot 2428 THE PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE SWISS COLLECTOR

AUDEMARS PIGUET. A FINE AND RARE 18K GOLD LIMITED EDITION AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH DATE

SIGNED AUDEMARS PIGUET, ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER MODEL, MOVEMENT NO. 540'291, CASE NO. F01001, CIRCA 2003

Closed28 May 2018

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HKD 200,000

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AUDEMARS PIGUET. A FINE AND RARE 18K GOLD LIMITED EDITION AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH DATE
SIGNED AUDEMARS PIGUET, ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER MODEL, MOVEMENT NO. 540'291, CASE NO. F01001, CIRCA 2003
Movement: Cal. 2226, automatic, 54 jewels, signed
Dial: Signed
Case: Back secured by 8 screws, 42 mm. wide, signed
With: 18k gold Audemars Piguet deployant clasp

Specialist note

Arnold Schwarzenegger has been a long time connoisseur of Audemars Piguet timepieces and various editions have been created to honour the hero of the 'End of Days' and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines'.

This present lot, produced in a limited edition of 400 examples, celebrates the bodybuilder-movie star-businessman-politician with its chronograph function precision, magnetic-resistant movement and sophisticated sporty mien. The case back is engraved with an autograph of Arnold Schwarzenegger, an inspiration reminder of the man who epitomises the American Dream, beginning his career as Mr. Universe.