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71Lot offered with No ReserveAudemars PiguetRef. 26065BA.OO.D088CR.01 An extremely rare and impressive yellow gold minute repeating perpetual calendar split-seconds chronograph skeletonized wristwatch with leap year and week indication, moon phase with Warranty, Extract, two presentation boxes, and “piano” resonance box, donated by Guy Laliberté sold to support the missions of One Drop and the Prince Albert II of Monaco FoundationCirca 2007 44mm Diameter Case, dial, movement and clasp signed Estimate $200,000 - 400,000 • CHF182,000-363,000 €170,000-339,000 HK$1,550,000-3,100,000 Place Advance BidContact Specialist Paul Boutros Head of Watches, Americas & International Strategy Advisor Senior Vice President +1 212 940 1293 pboutros@phillips.com
Condition ReportRequest Condition ReportThank youfor your request. The Condition Report will be sent shortly.Contact Us* RequiredSend me the Report ViaEmailFaxContact SpecialistCancelDescriptionOur Buyer's Premium has been updated. View our Conditions of Sale.Manufacturer: Audemars Piguet Year: Circa 2007 Reference No: 26065BA.OO.D088CR.01 Movement No: 418150 Case No: No. 1, G25587 Model Name: Grande Complication Material: 18K yellow gold Calibre: Automatic, cal. 2885_SQ, 52 jewels Bracelet/Strap: Leather Clasp/Buckle: 18K yellow gold Audemars Piguet deployant clasp Dimensions: 44mm Diameter Signed: Case, dial, movement and clasp signed Accessories: Accompanied by Audemars Piguet Warranty stamped Audemars Piguet Boutique New York, New York, and dated December 3, 2008, Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch in 2009, blue One Drop Audemars Piguet presentation box with automatic winder, wooden Audemars Piguet presentation box with automatic winder, box key, Audemars Piguet Timepiece Life and Card, and outer packaging, and signed letter by Guy Laliberté. Catalogue EssayThrough One Drop’s founder Guy Laliberté and his passion for watches, a long-term relationship was born with Audemars Piquet which resulted in a meaningful and mutually beneficial collaboration. The Audemars Piguet Foundation has been a funder of a One Drop project in El Salvador from 2012 to 2014 with a total contribution of more than $400,000. Thanks to this collaboration, One Drop has been able to include eco-energetic stoves to significantly decrease the use of wood for the preparation of food and, therefore, preserve the forests in the region where One Drop implemented its water, sanitation and hygiene projects. Audemars Piquet has also donated exquisite watches to be auctioned off at One Drop’s flagship fundraising event, One Night for One Drop in Las Vegas. These watches raised $460,000 and have therefore enabled One Drop to improve the living conditions of thousands of people in Latin America, Africa and India. The history of watch complications is a fascinating view into horology’s past, and some of the most intriguing watches ever produced. “Grande Complication” watches are the ultimate expression of watchmaking at its very finest. They are mechanical works of art that bring together three refined complications: a minute repeater, a perpetual calendar and a split-seconds chronograph. While collectors today see them in wristwatch format, their lineage dates back to well over a century. Swiss Haute Horlogerie manufacturer Audemars Piguet has, since its founding in 1875, created exceptional complications under its own name but also supplied movements to others. Since 1882, the Manufacture has made a point of keeping the Grande Complication at the spearhead of its production even during times of crisis, passing on this ancestral craftsmanship from one generation to the next.In 2016, Phillips was honoured to auction an extremely rare and previously unknown Audemars Piguet Grande Complication Clock Watch from 1892 with no fewer than 11 complications. In the early 2000s, Audemars Piguet made the bold decision to create a line of rare Open worked Grande Complication wristwatches, and they chose the Royal Oak model to house this spectacular movement. Released in 1972 in the midst of the quartz crisis, the Royal Oak brought the watchmaking industry in a new direction. As the world’s first high-end sports watch in stainless steel, the Royal Oak designed by famed horologer Gérald Genta revolutionized high-end watches with a monobloc case featuring an octagonal bezel secured by eight hexagonal white gold screws. Phillips is very pleased to offer this set of four unique examples interweaving ancestral craftsmanship and avant-garde design. The four open worked models, each numbered ‘1/1’, in 18-karat white, pink and yellow gold, as well as stainless steel, feature the in-house, self-winding caliber 2885. As stated by Audemars Piguet, the cal