Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 10, 2010

LOT 205

Rodolphe Steel Tourbillon Retrograde Rodolphe, Swiss, Tourbillon ? Retrograde ? Power Reserve, No. 001, Ref. IN.5053.T. Made in 2007. Very fine and rare, horizontal rectangular curved, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with one minute tourbillon regulator, retrograde date, power reserve indication and a stainless steel Rodolphe buckle. Accompanied by the original wooden fitted box, certificate of origin and instruction manual.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, lapidated bezel and sides, transparent case back with 8 screws, sapphire crystal. D. Black, partially skeletonized, aperture for the tourbillon regulator under a black steel bridge decorated with an R, sectors for the retrograde date at 3 and the power reserve at 6. Luminous steel arrow hands. M. Cal. 5053, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator, cage with 3 equidistant polished steel arms, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 50 x 52 mm. Thickness 15 mm. Property of a Mid-West Collector