Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 07, 2011

LOT 91

ROGER DUBUIS MINUTE REPEATER PERPETUAL CALENDAR NO.08/09 PLATINUM Roger Dubuis, Genève, "Sympathy, Minute-Repeater Perpetual Calendar,? No. 08/09, Ref. S 3726. Made in a limited edition of only 9 pieces in the 2000s. Very fine and very rare, carré-cambré, astronomic, minute-repeating, water-resistant, platinum wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K white gold Roger Dubuis deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted wooden box, certificate of origin and instructions.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, transparent case back with 8 screws and etched crystal, concave stepped bezel, sapphire crystals. D. Two tone satine silver with applied white gold dart indexes and Breguet numerals, subsidiary dial for the date at 5, apertures for the days of the week, the months, the leap year and the moon phases. White gold faceted alpha hands. M. Cal. RD 2639, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium plated, fausses côtes decoration, 30 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. Dim. 38 x 38 mm. Thickness: 13 mm.