Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 15, 2005

LOT 269

"Minute Repeater" Roger Dubuis, horloger genevois, "Minute Repeater", No. 06/09. Produced in a limited edition of 9 examples circa 2000. Very fine and rare, astronomic, minute-repeating, 18K pink gold gentle-man's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases, leap year indica-tion and an 18K pink gold Roger Dubuis deployant clasp.

C. three-body, solid, polished and brushed, transparent screwed-down caseback, concave lugs, stepped bezel, sapphire crystals. D. guilloché champagnewith applied white gold Arabic numerals and triangular indexes, auxiliarydial for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week, themonths, the leap year and the moon phases. Blued steel "Feuille"hands. M. Cal. R D 2639 stamped with the Geneva QualityHallmark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 30jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallicbalance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensatingBreguet balance-spring.Dial and movement signed.Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 12 mm.