Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 09, 2009

LOT 195

DB22 White Gold Power Reserve De Bethune, ?DB22, Power Reserve?, movement No. 160, No. 02/50. Made in a limited series of 50 examples, sold on November 24, 2007. Very fine and unusual, large, technically innovative, water-resistant, self-winding titanium and 18K white gold wristwatch with 6-day power reserve indication and an 18K white gold De Bethune buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, guarantee and instruction booklet.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, transparent case back and 18K white gold stepped bezel secured by 6 bolts, screw-down crown, faceted lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Titanium, guilloche decoration, ?Microlight? effect, outer Arabic five minutes, outermost chapter ring with titanium hour markers, lined double aperture for the power reserve at 12. Titanium and flame blued steel De Bethune hands. M. Cal. DB2024, rhodium-plated, titanium bridges, two barrels, 49 jewels, titanium and platinum De Bethune balance (28800Ah) protected by a triple parachute system, self-compensating flat balance spring, titanium balance bridge, titanium and platinum rotor. Case, dial and movement signed. Diam. 48 mm. Thickness 11.5 mm.