Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong, Apr 23, 2006

LOT 290

?Triple Retrograde No. 1? Roger Dubuis, Horloger Genevois, ?Hommage?, Ref. H4057995, No. 01/28, Bulletin d?Observatoire. Made in a limited edition of 28 examples in 2000. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, self winding, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with jumping and retrograde date and hour, dragging and retrograde minute with an 18K pink gold Roger Dubuis buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate of origin, the Bulletin de Marche of the Observatoire National de Besançon and an additional 18K pink gold case back.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel and lugs, coaxial button on the winding crown controls the quick setting of the date, transparent screwed-down case back with ?RD? monogram, and sapphire crystals. D. Mother-of-pearl with inner ?Guilloché? blue sector with applied pink gold baton and dot indexes. White "Cathedrale? hands. M. Cal. RD 5799 stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance 5 adjustments, shock absorber, swan-neck micrometer adjustment, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 14 mm.