Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept CW1 Alacrite 25980AI.O.0003SU.01

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak CW1 Concept Alacrite - Only 150 pieces ever produced - Super Mint condition - True complete with original and special outrageous Inner & Outter box - Certificate of Authenticity issued by AP - Piece comes on a Concept rubber strap as well as its original Kevlar Strap on the side. Asking price: US$235,000.00 Or Best Offer Only Serious Buyers please Pictures of the ACTUAL piece following more info on this AP classic Time Machine:

About the piece: Reference 25980AI.O.0003SU.01 Caliber 2896 Royal Oak Concept case in Alacrite 602 with titanium bezel Manual wind Power Reserve: 70 + hours Shock resistance: Unique and proprietary electro-erosion formed titanium shock absorbers for the tourbillon cage - shock resistance to multiple g's well beyond the shock tolerance of the human body Dynamographe - AP proprietary instantaneous mainspring torque indicator Crown function clutching system with mode pusher, mode indicator - AP proprietary system Linear power reserve indicator calibrated for number of barrel turns, approximately 6 hours of operation per barrel turn Balance with mean time screws Titanium movement plates, no pre-existing base ebauche - completely proprietary movement Sapphire crystal top and back Water Resistence rated to 500 meters Ultra strong fiber-top strap with leather back Limited Edition of 150 pieces - 30 pieces 2002, 60 pieces 2003 and 2004 For the Royal Oak Concept Watch, Audemars Piguet let loose the technical wizards at Renaud et Papi. The caliber 2896 is not based on any previous movement blank or ebauche, not even as a starting point. Completely and radically new, "from the ground up," every major structure, plate, sub-system and assembly is conceived and produced in-house. A fine way to end, once and for all, the over-emphasized and increasingly tiresome debate, "is it in-house?" All movement structures and supports are machined or formed from high grade titanium, and functions include, starting at 12:00 - Dynamographe - shows instantaneous torque from the mainspring; linear power reserve indicator, calibrated in barrel turns (one barrel turn equals approximately 6 hours of power reserve) sub-second and crown function setting indicator (Remontoir / Neutre / Heures) - (French for winding / neutral / time setting in English) Tourbillon, with electro-eroded titanium shock suspension, giving a reported 50g's (!) of shock protection What is nearly impossible to convey, in pictures or in words, is the sheer radical beauty of the movement, unlike any movement previously seen. There are those that might be initially off-put by the industrial-high-mech look of the plateaus and clear geometric shapes of what would normally be the dial, with its asymmetrical symmetry; the clear segmentation of areas of the dial and back. Alacrite 602 is a super alloy consisting of 57% Cobalt, 31% chrome, 5% Tungsten, with trace amounts of carbon, silicon and iron. This particular form of Alacrite has a Vickers hardness rating of 430. Extremely difficult to machine, each Concept Watch case required nearly 60 hours to complete (compare to just under 2 hours for each Royal Oak in SS) Bezel is made of titanium and the strap, kevlar. Made in a limited edition of 150 pieces spread over 2002 till 2004, the CW1 itself is a mighty cool timepiece. Though it measures 44 mm in diameter, similar to an Offshore, it is much longer, and curved. Inside is the cal. 2896 from Renaud & Papi, which is functionally similar to the movements in several Richard Mille tourbillons. All the bridges and the base plate are titanium. At 12 o'clock is the dynamograph display, which indicates the quality of the torque in the mainspring. Over at three is the linear power reserve indicator. Then at six o'clock is the function selector display - "R" for remontoir (winding), "N" for neutre (neutral) and "H" for heures (hours, or time-setting). The button in the case at four activates the function selector; the crown does not need to be pulled to adjust the time. And at nine is the tourbillon with its eye-catching tourbillon bridge in spark-eroded titanium. The original retail price was about CHF250,000, and it sells for approximately the same on the secondary market today if you can find one. That is attributable to its unique characteristics in design, complication and material; there has not been another Royal Oak like it.