AUDEMARS PIGUET ROYAL OAK
ALINGHI POLARIS STEEL
Audemars Piguet, Royal Oak Offshore Alinghi Polaris,
No. 1858, case No. F53118. Made in a limited edition of
2000 pieces in 2006.
Very fine and unusual, large, tonneau-shaped,
octagonal bezel, self-winding, water-resistant,
stainless steel wristwatch with round button fly-back
chronograph, "Regatta" function, registers, inner
revolving navigation ring and a stainless steel
Audemars Piguet deployant clasp.
Three-body, polished and brushed, case back with
limited edition dedication and central conmpass rose
secured by 8 screws, polished and brushed octagonal
bezel secured with 8 hexagonal bolts, buttons and
screw-down crown with rubber cap, screw-down
crown at 10 position to rotate the inner navigation
ring, sapphire crystal.
Black, inner clous de Paris decoration, luminous
radial Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for
the seconds, the 6-hour and 20- minute (with red
Alinghi logo) registers, inner red central progressive
10 minute count-down scale, outer minute/seconds
track, outermost bi-directional revolving navigation
ring, aperture for the black/red "Regatta" countdown
function. Luminous white gold baton hands, luminous
red arrow hand for the 10 minutes count-down
timer.
Cal. 2326/2847, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix
and fausses cotes decoration, 50 jewels, straight- line
lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted
to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock
absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, 21K
gold rotor segment.