Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 15, 2005

LOT 199

"AquaMare" Roger Dubuis, Genève, "Aqua- Mare - Just for Friends" Sports Activity Watch, No. 052, Ref. 4486. Made in a limited edition of 280 in 2004. Fine and rare, oversized, curved, water-resistant to 300m/990feet, self-winding stainless steel and 18K white gold square gentleman's wristwatch with Roger Dubuis rubber bracelet and stainless steel deployant clasp. Accompanied by Roger Dubuis inlaid striped wood and composition box, Besancon Observatory rating certificate and Certificate of Origin.

C. Two-body, brushed and polished, 18K white gold bezelwith Arabic numerals and baton indexes, winding crownwith hinged security cover, straight curved lugs, transparentback secured by eight screws, sapphire crystals.D. Champagne, brushed and engraved with applied luminousindexes and Roman quarter hour markers, innerminute track. Tritium-coated blued steel skeleton hands.M. Caliber 57, rhodium plated, "fausses côtes" decoration,25 jewels, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark,straight line lever escapement, monometallic balanceadjusted to five positions, shock absorber, swan-neckmicrometer adjustment. Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 41 x 41 mm. Thickness 12 mm.