Important Collectors' Wristwtches, Po...

New York, Sep 26, 2007

LOT 34

?Sympathie? Roger Dubuis, Genève, "Sympathie - Chronographe", No. 12/28. Made circa 2000. Very fine, rare and unusual, "carré cambré", water-resistant, 18K white gold "Bulletin d'Observatoire" chronometer wristwatch with oval-button chronograph, register, tachometer, telemeter and an 18K white gold Roger Dubuis buckle.

C. Three-body, shaped, solid, polished and brushed, transparent case back with 8 screws, stepped bezel, screwed gold bars, sapphire crystals. D. Black with applied white gold Breguet numerals, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer tachometer and telemeter graduations. White gold skeletonized "feuille" hands. M. Cal. 56 stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodiumplated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 21 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, "swan-neck" micrometer regulator. Dial and movement signed. Dim. 37 x 37 mm.