Collector's Pocket Watches, Wristwatc...

New York, Grand Havana Room, May 21, 2003

LOT 175

Daniel Roth, "Rétrograde", No. 161. Produced in the 1990's.Very fine and rare, double-ellipse, water-resistant, 18K white and pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with retrograde hours, 42 hours autonomy and an 18K white gold Daniel Roth buckle.

C. two-body, solid, polished, transparent case back, band decorated with a pink gold roll torus, rounded bezel, straight lugs, sapphire crystal. D. "guilloché" silver with a plain pink gold sector ring for the hours in painted Arabic numerals, outer pink gold ring for the minute indexes, at 6, auxiliary pink gold ring dial for the seconds. "Flèche" blued steel hands. M. Cal. 3000, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-bsorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 35 x 38 mm.