Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 10, 2010

LOT 198

Daniel Roth White Gold Athys III Daniel Roth, Geneve, "Athys III," No. 18655, Ref. 110.Y.60. Made circa 2008. Very fine, double ellipse-shaped, water-resistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with date, power reserve indication, seconds sector and 18K white gold Daniel Roth buckle. Accompanied by the original fitted box, certificate of origin, warranty and instruction manual.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, rounded bezel, stepped band, straight lugs, transparent case back with 6 screws, sapphire crystals. D. White enamel with large radial painted black Roman numerals bisected by the minute track, subsidiary seconds at 8 in a triple sector, sector for the power reserve at 4, aperture for the large date at 12. Blued steel flèche hands, blued steel three-arm seconds hand. M. DR 1301, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 35 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 41 x 47 mm. Thickness 10 mm. Property of a Mid-West Collector