Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 05, 2007

LOT 44

Yellow Gold Chronograph Automatic Daniel Roth, "Chronograph Automatic", Numero 18. Made in the late 1990s. Very fine, double ellipse-shaped, selfwinding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with square-button chronograph, registers, date and an 18K yellow gold Daniel Roth buckle.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, transparent case back with 4 screws, stepped band, rounded bezel, screwed-down winding crown, straight lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Engineturned gray with painted radial Roman numerals and luminous dots on a plain silver reserve, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, aperture for the date between 4 and 5. Blued steel flèche hands. M. Cal. 400, rhodium-plated, 31 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 38 x 45 mm. Thickness 11 mm. Property of Various Owners