Important Collector's Wristwatches & ...

Grand Havana Room, Sep 22, 2004

LOT 35

Roger Dubuis, Horloger Genevois, "Hommage Biretrograde Perpetual Calendar Chronograph", No. 113. Produced in the 1990s. Very fine and rare, oversized, astronomic, 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, bi-retrograde perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K white gold Roger Dubuis buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down transparent case back, concave stepped bezel, domed sapphire crystal, sapphire crystal in back edged with the "RD" logo. D. Matte silver with painted indexes, outer graduation for the 52 weeks of the year, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 30-minute register and the months, sector for the retrograde days of the week and the month, apertures for the moon phases at 12 and the leap year at 5. White gold "feuille" hands, blued steel "cathédrale" hands for the retrograde indications. M. Cal. RD 5710, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 21 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 43 mm.