Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong - Kong, Oct 09, 2010

LOT 225

Daniel Roth Papillon Daniel Roth, "Papillon" No.104/110, Ref. 317.L.015. Made in a limited series in of 110 examples for the 10th anniversary of Daniel Roth manufacture in 1999. Very fine, double ellipse-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with jump hours, retrograde minutes and an 18K yellow gold Daniel Roth buckle. Accompanied by fitted box, warranty and instruction booklet.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, stepped rounded bezel, straight lugs, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Two-tone textured silver, Arabic numerals on a plain reserve between 3 and 9 for the retrograde minutes, subsidiary seconds dial in the center, aperture for the jump hours at 12. Blued steel triangular hand for the retrograde minutes. M. Cal. DR 113, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 27 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 35 x 38 mm. Thickness 10.5 mm.