Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Dec 07, 2006

LOT 152

"Yellow Gold Tourbillon Double Face" Daniel Roth, "Tourbillon Double Face", No. 178. Made in the 1990s. Very fine and rare, double-ellipse shaped, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator, 42-hour power reserve, date and an 18K yellow gold buckle.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, case band with roll torus, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Front: Taupe-colored 18K guilloché gold, plain silver ring dial with painted radial Roman numerals for the hours at 12, aperture for the visible one-minute tourbillon regulator under a polished steel bridge at 6, carrying the 3-arm seconds hand for the 3 concentric 20-second scales. Blued steel "fleche" hands. Back: Taupecolored 18K guilloché gold with applied plain silver ring dial for the date and a sector dial for the up-and-down indication. M. Cal. DR 307, full plate with aperture for the tourbillon regulator, hand-engraved, rhodium-plated, 19 jewels, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator with 3-arm polished steel carriage, monometallic balance, selfcompensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 35 x 38 mm. Thickness 11 mm.