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AUDEMARS PIGUET. A RARE PLATINUM LIMITED EDITION AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH DATE, CARBON FIBER INSERTS, ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE AND BOX
Lot 217 AUDEMARS PIGUET
Ref. 26030PO Platinum Royal Oak Offshore Juan Pablo Montoya No. 38/100

The Property of an Important Private Collector

AUDEMARS PIGUET. A RARE PLATINUM LIMITED EDITION AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH DATE, CARBON FIBER INSERTS, ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE AND BOX

SIGNED AUDEMARS PIGUET, ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE, JUAN PABLO MONTOYA, REF. 26030PO.00.D021IN.01, NO. 038/100, MOVEMENT NO. 583’391, CASE NO. F25287, MANUFACTURED IN 2005

Closed12 November 2018

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AUDEMARS PIGUET. A RARE PLATINUM LIMITED EDITION AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH DATE, CARBON FIBER INSERTS, ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE AND BOX
SIGNED AUDEMARS PIGUET, ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE, JUAN PABLO MONTOYA, REF. 26030PO.00.D021IN.01, NO. 038/100, MOVEMENT NO. 583’391, CASE NO. F25287, MANUFACTURED IN 2005
Movement: cal. 2226/2840, automatic, 54 jewels, signed
Dial: signed
Case: glazed display screw back, 42 mm. diam., signed
With: platinum Audemars Piguet deployant clasp, Certificate of Origin stamped by Japanese retailer The Hour Glass and dated 22 July 2005, Certificate of authenticity, sale tag, product literature and presentation box.

Specialist note

According to the Archives of Audemars Piguet, the present watch was sold in 2005 in Japan. It is no. 38 of the limited edition of only 100 examples of the Royal Oak Offshore Montoya model in platinum.

Consigned by a private collector the present “Juan Pablo Montoya” chronograph is preserved in very good overall condition and sold with the original certificate and box.

Encapsulating the most cutting-edge research undertaken in the sphere of Formula 1 motor racing, Audemars Piguet teamed up with F1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya in producing a unique timepiece, the Royal Oak Offshore Juan Pablo Montoya. Numerous details of the watch reflect the aesthetics and technical features of racing cars. The octagonal bezel and case sides are set with carbon fiber inserts, the screws on the removable bezel are not hexagonal, but instead shaped like cylinder head screws, the screw-in titanium crown is in the shape of a wheel nut, the chronograph pushers look like cooling flaps, and the rotor of the movement like a clutch disc. The “tapisserie” blue dial, exclusive to Juan Pablo Montoya Edition Royal Oak, is reminiscent of the checkered race car flag - the sign of victory for the first driver to cross the finishing