Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Jun 27, 2015
LOT 700
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.
HKD 410,000 - 820,000
USD 53,000 - 106,000 / CHF 50,000 - 100,000
Sold: HKD 687,500
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 |
