Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 25, 2010

LOT 175

Roger Dubuis Golden Square - Tourbillon, "lucky" No. 8 Roger Dubuis, Horloger Genevois, "Golden Square - Tourbillon", No. 08/28. Made in a limited edition of 28 pieces, circa 2005. Very fine, large, curved square, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with one-minute flying tourbillon regulator, powerreserve indication, large date and an 18K pink gold Roger Dubuis deployant clasp. Accompanied by a Roger Dubuis inlaid wooden box and outer packaging.

C. Two-body, square and curved, polished and brushed, transparent back with 8 screws, straight lugs with pink gold screwed bars, co-axial button in the crown for advancing the date, curved sapphire crystals. D. Mother of pearl, painted large radial Arabic numerals, inner minute track, offset power-reserve sector, large 2-digit date, off-center aperture for the tourbillon. Pink gold pear and epee hands, blued steel seconds hand on the tourbillon cage. M. Cal. RD 03, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, 28 jewels, one-minute flying tourbillon regulator with three-arm polished steel cage, lateral lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 40 x 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm.