Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 17, 2013

LOT 481

ROGER DUBUIS, REF. SE48 02 9/0, JUST FOR FRIENDS EASY DIVER FLYING TOURBILLON Roger Dubuis, Horloger Genevois, ?Sport Activity Watch - Just For Friends, Flying Tourbillon 300m/990ft?, No. 253/280, movement No. 247, Ref. SE48 02 9/0. Made in a limited edition of 280 pieces, sold on February 10th, 2005. Very fine, large, water-resistant, stainless steel and carbon fiber ?carré lobé? wristwatch with 18K white gold bezel, visible one-minute flying tourbillon regulator and a stainless steel Roger Dubuis ?Easy Diver? deployant clasp. Accompanied by a Roger Dubuis box, Certificate of Origin, Certificate of Water- Resistance and movement Certificate of Origin.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, unidirectional white gold bezel calibrated for the decompression times, triple lugs with carbon-fiber inserts and screwed bars, screwed down winding crown, transparent back with 8 screws, sapphire crystals. D. Satine silver with applied luminous tapered indexes, outer minute divisions, off-center aperture for the flying tourbillon. Blued steel luminous baton hands, blued steel seconds hand on the tourbillon. M. Caliber RD 02, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 19 jewels, flying tourbillon beating at 21,600 vph, three equidistant-arm polished steel carriage, lateral lever escapement, monometallic balance with timing screws, self compensating flat balance spring, shock absorber. Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 49 mm. THICKNESS 15 mm