Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 05, 2007

LOT 77

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. Property of Various Owners