Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, The Grand Havana Room, Sep 20, 2006

LOT 71

DeWitt, Genève, No. 085, Ref. NA 040.10. Made circa 2004. Very fine and unusual, tonneau-shaped and curved, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with date, oval button chronograph and a stainless steel DeWitt buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, case back with 8 nuts and logo, sapphire crystal. D. Bi-color textured black and silver with luminous Arabic numerals on a plain reserve, outer 1/5th seconds scale, subsidiary "guilloché" silver dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, aperture for the date between 4 and 5. Luminous steel "feuille-skeleton" hands. M. Cal. 13''', rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 25 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shockabsorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 40 X 47 mm. Thickness 14 mm.