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Hong Kong, Jun 08, 2008

LOT 213

White Gold Sympathie ? Retrographe Calendar Chronograph Roger Dubuis, Horloger Genèvois, "Sympathie ? Retrographe Calendar Chronograph Chronometer", movement No. 40. Made circa 2005. Very fine, water-resistant, 18K white gold, "Bulletin d'Observatoire" chronometer wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, bi-retrograde calendar, moon phases and an 18K white gold Roger Dubuis buckle. Accompanied by a Roger Dubuis box.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down transparent case back with 8 screws and etched crystal, correctors on the band, concave bezel, concave lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Cream with applied white gold dart indexes and painted Arabic numerals, outer fifths of a second track, subsidiary dials at 9 for the seconds and 3 for the 30-minute register, on the sides, sectors for the retrograde days of the week and of the month, aperture for the moon phases. White gold skeleton feuille hands. M. Cal. RD 5635, stamped twice with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodiumplated, fausses cotes and oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm.