Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong - Kong, Oct 09, 2010

LOT 229

DANIEL ROTH PINK GOLD PAPILLON Daniel Roth, "Ellipso-curvex Papillon", No. 42/210, Ref. 318.Y.50. Made in a limited edition of 210 pieces in the 2000s. Very fine and unusual, double ellipse-shaped, curved, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with jump hours, retrograde minutes and an 18K pink gold Daniel Roth double deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box, certificate, instruction booklet and guarantee.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, stepped rounded bezel, straight lugs, transparent case back with 6 screws, sapphire crystals. D. Two-tone, textured silver and black, 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. Gold triangular hand for the retrograde minutes. M. Cal. DR 115, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes and oeil de perdrix decoration, 27 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronisms and five positions, shock absorber, selfcompensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 41 x 44 mm. Thickness 13 mm