Important Collector's Wristwatches & ...

Grand Havana Room, Sep 22, 2004

LOT 86

Daniel Roth, No. 041, "Perpetual Calendar". Manufactured in the 1990s. Very fine and rare, water-resistant to 3 ATM, double-ellipse shaped, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, leap year indication and an 18K yellow gold buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, transparent case back, band decorated with a tubular gold fillet, stepped rounded bezel, straight lapidated lugs. D. "Guilloché" gray with painted radial Roman numerals for the hours, painted Arabic numerals for the days of the month on off-center plain silver rings at 12 and 6 with indication of the leap year, on the left window for the days of the week, on the right for the months. Blued steel "Fleche" hands.M. Cal. 500, double barrel, rhodium plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 30 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, "guilloché" gold rotor.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 35 x 40 mm.