12,500 CHF
DE BETHUNE SINGLE BUTTON CHRONOGRAPH WHITE GOLD De Bethune, Ref. DB1, No. 031. Made circa 2000 Very fine, flat, water-resistant, large 18k white gold manually wound wristwatch with single-button chronograph and an 18k white gold DB buckle. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, case back with 6 screws, rounded bezel, sapphire crystal, ogival lugs. Silvered with painted Roman numerals, 1/5th second and minute track, engine-turned center, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register. Blued steel Breguet hands. Cal.38.16.226 chronograph with column wheel, "Cotes de Genève" decoration, 21 jewels, blued steel screws, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Notes Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 42 mm. THICKNESS 9 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-11-09
