Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Jul 23, 2020
LOT 255
Dodane
Self-winding, diver’s, centre-seconds, date; stainless steel
Self-winding, diver’s, centre-seconds, date; stainless steel
HKD 36,000 - 44,000
CHF 4,500 - 5,500 / USD 4,800 - 5,800
Stainless steel, self-winding, tonneau-shaped, diver’s wristwatch, water-resistant to 1 000 meters with screwed case-back, screwed winding-crown at 4, 60-minute graduated unidirectional revolving bezel with black insert for the decompression times, black dial with centreseconds, “Mercedes” luminous hands and one horological complication:
• Half-instantaneous date of the month (aperture at 3 o’clock)
• Half-instantaneous date of the month (aperture at 3 o’clock)
| 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 |
Brand Dodane, Besançon
Case No. 077 106
Bracelet black rubber Alaska strap, stainless steel buckle
Caliber FE 4612 A (by France Ebauches)
Dimensions 48 x 40.9 mm. / Ø 41.6 mm. (bezel)
Signature dial, case and movement
Notes
Case based on the Swiss invention patent No. 503 305, delivered on August 15, 1968, to Manufacture de boîtes de montres M.R.P. S.A., Alle (Jura), for a “Boîte de montre comprenant une lunette tournante”.
This model was sold to the French Navy but also to the Royal Navy of Great Britain, the United Kingdom’s naval warfare force. It is similar to the Auricoste “Spirotechnique” “Professional 200 meters” use by the French Navy, but here water-resistant tested to 1 000 meters.
he British used it during the Falklands Islands War (a brief undeclared war fought between Argentina and Great Britain in 1982 over control of the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) and associated island dependencies).
This model was sold to the French Navy but also to the Royal Navy of Great Britain, the United Kingdom’s naval warfare force. It is similar to the Auricoste “Spirotechnique” “Professional 200 meters” use by the French Navy, but here water-resistant tested to 1 000 meters.
he British used it during the Falklands Islands War (a brief undeclared war fought between Argentina and Great Britain in 1982 over control of the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) and associated island dependencies).