Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
New York, Dec 11, 2014
LOT 85
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.
USD 12,000 - 18,000
HKD 95,000 - 140,000 / CHF 11,600 - 17,400
Sold: USD 15,625
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 |