Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Nov 08, 2014
LOT 738
DE BETHUNE UNIQUE PIECE MINUTE REPEATER PERPETUAL CALENDAR PLATINUM De Bethune, "Piece Unique, Repetition Minutes, Quantieme Perpetuel". Made in 2002. Extremely fine and unique, large, heavy, platinum manually wound perpetual calendar wristwatch with minute repeater, moon phases and an 18k white gold De Bethune buckle. Accompanied by the certificate of origin.
CHF 100,000 - 150,000
HKD 857,000 - 1,286,000 / USD 105,000 - 157,000
Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, snap on case back, rounded bezel, sapphire crystal, ogival lugs, correctors on the band. Silvered with painted Roman numerals, minute track, engine-turned center, subsidiary dial for date, apertures for the day, the month and moon phase. Blued steel feuille hands. 12''', Cotes de Genève decoration, straight-line lever escapement, cut-bimetallic balance, index regulator, self-compensating flat balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band.
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Grade: |
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Case: 2 |
Very good |
Movement: 1* |
As new Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 1-01 |
As new HANDS Original |
