Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Dec 07, 2006

LOT 185

"Platinum Papillon" Daniel Roth, "Papillon" No. 10/30, Ref. 317.L.60. Made in a limited edition of 30 pieces in the 1990s. Very fine and rare, double ellipse-shaped, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with jump hours, retrograde minutes and a platinum Daniel Roth buckle. Property of a South American Gentleman

C. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped rounded bezel, straight lugs, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Bicolor textured anthracite and silver, Arabic numerals on a plain segment between 3 and 9 for the retrograde minutes, subsidiary seconds dial in the center, aperture for the jump hours at 12. Blued steel triangular hand for the retrograde minutes. M. Cal. DR 113, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 27 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 35 x 38 mm. Thickness 10 mm.