Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Sep 17, 2009

LOT 256

White Gold Quantieme Perpetuel Roger Dubuis, horloger genevois, "Much More, Quantième Perpetuel à guichets, Bulletin d?Observatoire,? No. 24/28. Made in a limited edition of 28 examples in 2002. Very fine, rare and unusual, oversized, rectangular curved, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold chronometer wristwatch with perpetual calendar, leap-year indication, moon phases and an 18K white gold Roger Dubuis buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and tag.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, transparent case back with 8 screws, straight lugs with screwed pink gold bars, sapphire crystals. D. Light orange with oversized, painted gilt Arabic numerals, at 4 subsidiary dial for the date, apertures for the days of the week, the months, the leap year and the moon phases. Blued steel spade and epee hands. M. Cal. 5739, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes and oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator, rotor with skeletonized pink gold ?RD? medallion. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 34 x 47 mm. Thickness 11 mm.