Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Jun 14, 2007

LOT 208

"Yellow Gold Papillon" Daniel Roth, "Papillon", No. 089/110, Ref. 317.L.60. Made in a limited edition of 110 pieces in the 1990s. Very fine and rare, double ellipse-shaped, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with jump hours, retrograde minutes and an 18K yellow gold Daniel Roth buckle.

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, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 35 x 38 mm. Thickness 10 mm.