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Hôtel Plaza Athénée - Le Trianon, Sep 28, 2005

LOT 229

"Tourbillon Double Face" Daniel Roth, "Tourbillon Double Face", No. 26. Produced in the 1990s. Extremely fine and rare, double-ellipse shaped, 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator, 42-hour power-reserve, date and an 18K white gold buckle.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, case band with roll torus, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Front: "Guilloché" 18K white gold, plain silver ring dial with painted radial Roman numerals for the hours at 12, aperture for the visible one-minute tourbillon regulator under a polished steel bridge at 6, carrying the 3-arm seconds hand for the 3 concentric 20-second scales. Blued steel "flèche" hands. Back: 18K white gold with applied plain silver ring dial for the date and a sector dial for the up-and-down indication. M. Cal. DR 307, full plate with aperture for the tourbillon regulator, hand-engraved, rhodium-plated, 19 jewels, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator with 3-arm polished steel carriage, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 35 x 38 mm. Thickness 11 mm.