Important Collectors' Wristwtches, Po...

New York, Sep 26, 2007

LOT 330

?DB1 - Single-Button Chronograph? De Bethune, ?DB1 - Single-Button Chronograph?, No. 002, Ref. DB1W. Made in 2005. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, 18K white gold and diamond wristwatch with an 18K white gold buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, extra strap and certificate.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, case band entirely set with 184 full-cut diamonds (0.81 carats), ogival lugs, case back with 6 screws, winding crown with coaxial chronograph button, sapphire crystal. D. ?Guilloché? silver with painted radial Roman numerals and outer minute and chronograph divisions on plain reserves, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials. Blued steel ?Breguet? hands. M. Cal. DB 2002, rhodium-plated, ?fausses cotes? decoration, 21 jewels, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 9 mm. From the collection of a West Coast Gentleman