Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 07, 2005

LOT 204

"Sympathie 2000? Roger Dubuis, Horloger Genevois, "Sympathie?, ?2000 ? New Millenary", ?Bi-Retrograde Calendar?. Made in a special edition in 2000. Very fine and rare, "carré cambré", astronomic, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold gentleman's chronometer wristwatch with retrograde day and date indications, moon phases and an 18K white gold Roger Dubuis deployant clasp.

USD 12,000 - 18,000

EUR 10,000 - 15,000

Sold: USD 19,550

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, transparent case back with 8 screws, stepped bezel, screwed white gold bars, sapphire crystals. D. Off-white with applied white gold dot indexes, sectors for the retrograde days of the week and the retrograde days of the month, at 12 a circle with phrase ?2000 ? New Millenary", aperture for the moon phases. White gold "alpha" hands. M. Cal. RD 5740, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 29 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, ?swan-neck? micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 35 x 35 mm. Thickness 11 mm.


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Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 2

Very good
Dial: 2-01

Very good

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Notes

Roger Dubuis Ayoung brand with great horological know-how and experience, this company was founded in 1995 by Master Watchmaker Roger Dubuis and his partner, Carlos Diaz. What began with just one employee has - since the introduction of a first collection in 1996 at the prestigious Geneva SIHH salon - gradually evolved into the success story of a manufactory with close to 150 employees today. Roger Dubuis was born in 1940 in Vevey, Switzerland and studied at the Ecole d'horlogerie de Genève. After working for Patek Philippe for 14 years in their atelier of complicated timepieces, he decided in 1980 to start out as an independent watchmaker, restoring antique collector's timepieces, developing projects for some of the best Swiss watchmaking firms and pursuing research on what would become his future company's specialty - retrograde indications. Today the brand offers several lines of watches with several of their own calibers and their own complications. Many models are limited to 28 examples, all are certified as chronometers and the entire production bears the Poinçon de Genève, the Geneva Seal. In 2002, Roger Dubuis, horloger genevois, moved to a brand-new, state-of-the-art facility in Meyrin.