Audemars Piguet City of Sails Chronograph 25979ST Royal Oak SS

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This is a stainless steel Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Chronograph "City Of Sails," 25979ST.OO.D002CA.01. It has a stainless steel link bracelet with a double deployment clasp and a scratch resistant sapphire crystal. There is a solid screw-down case back secured with 8 screws, and engraved with "ROYAL OAK – 30th ANNIVERSARY – CITY OF SAILS – LIMITED EDITION," and a high relief medallion with two racing sailboats. It has a hexagonal screw-down winding crown and chronograph pushbuttons, and the brushed hexagonal bezel has 8 gold hexagonal screws. The 40mm diameter solid three-body case, integral lugs, and flat bezel are brushed. The dial has a grey clous-de-Paris "tapestrie" pattern center, and luminous faceted radial Arabic numeral hour markers around a black reserve. It has luminous baton hands, and a luminous red-tipped center sweep chronograph hand. There is a grey perimeter reserve with a luminous 60-minute/second scale and red Arabic numerals every five seconds. It has three black subsidiary dials, including a 12-hour chronograph totalizer with the distinctive red Alinghi logo, a running seconds dial at 6 o'clock, and a 30-minute register is at 3 o'clock. There is a date aperture window between 4 and 5 o'clock, and it's water resistant to 100 meters/330 feet. The 11mm thick case, dial, and movement are all signed. This Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Chronograph "City Of Sails," 25979ST.OO.D002CA.01 has an automatic self-winding AP caliber 2385 movement. It's rhodium-plated, with oeil-de-perdrix embellishment. It's constructed with 37 jewels, a shock absorber device, and a straight-line lever escapement. It includes a monometallic balance that's adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, a self-compensating flat balance spring, and a 21K gold rotor segment. The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Chronograph "City Of Sails," 25979ST.OO.D002CA.01, was introduced in 2003 for the 30th commemoration of the Alinghi boat that raced in the America's Cup. It was produced in a limited edition of only 1250 pieces, with 1000 in stainless steel.

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