$78,200
Roger Dubuis, Genève, "Sympathie, Minute-Repeater Perpetual Calendar,” No. 08/09. Made in a limited edition of only 9 examples in the 2000s. Very fine and very rare, carré-cambré, astronomic, minute-repeating, water-resistant, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K white gold Roger Dubuis deployant clasp. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, transparent case back with 8 screws and etched crystal, concavestepped bezel, sapphire crystals. Very light metallic blue with applied white gold dart indexes and Breguetnumerals, subsidiary dial for the date at 5, apertures for the days of the week, the months, the leap year and themoon phases. White gold faceted "alpha" hands. Cal. RD 2639, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark,rhodium plated, “fausses côtes” decoration, 30 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balanceadjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, “swan-neck” micrometerregulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 38 x 38 mm. Thickness: 13 mm. Notes Roger Dubuis. The company was founded in 1995 by master watchmaker Roger Dubuis and his partner, Carlos Diaz. What began with just one employee has (since the introduction of a first collection in 1996 at the prestigious Geneva SIHH salon) grad-ually evolved into the success story of a manufacturer with close to 150 employees today. Roger Dubuis was born in 1940 in Vevey, Switzerland and completed his studies at the G
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-03-23
