Important Collectors' Wristwtches, Po...

New York, Sep 26, 2007

LOT 88

"Chronograph Automatic" Daniel Roth, "Chronograph Automatic", No. 2122. Made circa 2000. Fine, double ellipse-shaped, self-winding, waterresistant, stainless steel wristwatch with square-button chronograph, registers, date and a stainless steel Daniel Roth buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Two-body, shaped, polished, transparent case back with 4 screws, stepped band, rounded bezel, screweddown winding crown, straight lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Midnight blue with silver-painted radial Roman numerals and luminous dots, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, aperture for the date between 4 and 5. Luminous steel "flèche" hands. M. Cal. DR500, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? and "oeil-deperdrix" decoration, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, precision regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 38 x 45 mm. Thickness 11 mm.