Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 14, 2006

LOT 270

"Chronograph Automatic" Daniel Roth, "Chronograph Automatic", No. 931. Made in the late 1990s. Very fine, double ellipse-shaped, selfwinding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, date and a stainless steel Daniel Roth deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and a certificate.

C. Two-body, shaped, polished, transparent case back with 4 screws, stepped band, rounded bezel, screwed-down winding crown, straight lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Textured black with painted radial Roman numerals and luminous dots on a plain reserve, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30- minute registers, aperture for the date between 4 and 5. Luminous steel "flèche" hands. M. Cal. 400, rhodium-plated, 31 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 38 x 45 mm. Thickness 11 mm.