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Geneva, Mar 16, 2008

LOT 81

White and Pink Gold Retrograde Daniel Roth, "Rétrograde", No. 161. Made circa 2000. Very fine and rare, double-ellipse-shaped, water-resistant, 18K white and pink gold wristwatch with retrograde hours, 42-hour autonomy and an 18K white gold Daniel Roth buckle.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, transparent case back, case band decorated with a pink gold roll torus, rounded bezel, straight lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Guilloché silver with a plain pink gold sector for the hours in painted Arabic numerals, outer pink gold ring for the minute indexes at 6, subsidiary pink gold ring dial for the seconds. Blued steel flèche hands. M. Cal. 3000, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 35 x 38 mm. Thickness 11 mm.