Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Nov 08, 2014
LOT 386
DE BETHUNE CHRONOGRAPH DATE MONTH PINK GOLD De Bethune, Ref. DB12R, No. 009. Sold on December 2003. Very fine and unusual, water-resistant, large 18k pink gold manually wound wristwatch with olive-shaped button chronograph, large date and month, with an 18k pink gold DB buckle. Accompanied by a certificate of Authenticity.
CHF 15,000 - 20,000
HKD 125,000 - 172,000 / USD 16,000 - 21,000
Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, case back with 7 screws, rounded bezel, sapphire crystal, ogival lugs. Silvered with painted 5-minute Arabic numerals, 1/5th second and minute track, engine-turned center, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register, apertures for the large date at 12 and the month indication at 6. Blued steel leaf hands. Mechanical, "Cotes de Genève" decoration, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 2 |
Very good |
Movement: 1* |
As new Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 1-01 |
As new HANDS Original |