Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Mar 10, 2011

LOT 228

Roger Dubuis - White Gold - hommage Roger Dubuis, horloger genevois, No. 859. Made in the late 1990s. Very fine, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with an 18K white gold Roger Dubuis deployant clasp.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel, screwed-down transparent case back with discreet laser etched sapphire crystal. D. Rose gold guilloché with applied white gold Breguet numerals, outer 1/5th seconds scale with 5 minute/seconds Arabic markers. White gold alpha hands. M. Cal. 57, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium plated, fausses côtes decoration, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator, skeletonized rotor with gold initials "DR". Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 9 mm.