Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Dec 07, 2006

LOT 148

?Roma Yellow Gold? Van Cleef & Arpels, Paris, "Roma," case No. 134072, Ref. 123966. Made circa 2000. Fine, self-winding, water resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and an 18K yellow gold Van Cleef & Arpels deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, case back with 6 screws, signature on the band, tachometer graduation on the bezel, hinged lugs, sapphire crystal. D. Bicolor matte silver and black with yellow gold baton indexes and Roman numerals, outer black ring with minute track and luminous dots, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12- hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous yellow gold "baton" hands. M. Cal. 2892A2, rhodium-plated, "oeil-deperdrix" decoration, 30 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 12 mm.