Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Sep 17, 2009

LOT 367

Yellow Gold Spiral VIP Dubey & Schaldenbrand, ?Spiral VIP,? No. 05. Made in the 2000?s. Fine, left-handed, 18K yellow gold, self-winding, waterresistant wristwatch with oval-button chronograph, vintage spiral spring, registers, triple date calendar, 24-hour indication, moon phases and an 18K gold Dubey & Schaldenbrand buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and guarantee.

C. Three-body, massive, polished, rounded bezel, central movable lugs, gold screwed bars, transparent back, cabochon sapphire-set winding crown, sapphire crystal. D. Brushed, silvered, with applied yellow gold faceted dart indexes, outer minute/seconds and 1/5th seconds divisions, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 24-hour indication, the 30-minute and 12-hour registers, apertures for the day of the week and the month, outermost blue date graduation. Luminous yellow gold hands, chronograph hand connected via a vintage blued steel spiral-coiled spring mounted on the cannon pinion pipe in the dial center. M. Hand-engraved gilt, 25 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 14.3 mm.