Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 27, 2015

LOT 698

ROGER DUBUIS MINUTE REPEATER BI-RETRO PERPETUAL CALENDAR WHITE GOLD Roger Dubuis, Horloger Genèvois, "Sympathie," Minute Repeater, Bi-Retrograde Perpetual Calendar, No. 06/09. Made in a limited edition of 9 pieces in 1998. Very fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, water-resistant, astronomic, minute- repeating, 18K white gold wristwatch with bi-retrograde, perpetual calendar and moon phases and an 18K white gold Roger Dubuis deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box, an additional solid 18K white gold case back, Certificate of origin and Bulletin de Marche.

HKD 270,000 - 427,000

USD 35,000 - 55,000 / CHF 33,000 - 52,000

Sold: HKD 312,500

Three -body, solid, polished and brushed, transparent case back with 8 screws, stepped bezel, screwed white gold bars, sapphire crystals. White with applied, faceted square white gold indexes, sectors for the retrograde days of the week and the retrograde days of the month, subsidiary dials for the months, the leap year and the age of the moon, aperture for the moon phases. White gold faceted alpha hands. Cal. RD 2607, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses côtes decoration, 34 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band.


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Case: 1

As new

Movement: 1*

As new

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial, case and movement signed. DIM. 38 x 48 mm. THICKNESS 13 mm.