Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 14, 2006

LOT 290

?Hommage No. 1? Roger Dubuis, horloger Genevois, ?Hommage No. 1?, Ref. H 37 57 0, Bulletin d?Observatoire. Made in a limited edition of 28 examples in 2001. Very fine and rare, center-seconds, selfwinding, water-resistant, 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch with an 18K white gold Roger Dubuis buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate of origin, the Bulletin de Marche of the Observatoire National de Besançon and an additional 18K white gold case back.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel and lugs, transparent screwed-down case back with ?RD? monogram, sapphire crystals. D. Silver with mirror-polished Arabic numerals and applied white gold dart indexes, inner minute and outer seconds tracks. Blued steel ?alpha? hands. M. Cal. RD 57, stamped with the Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, ?swanneck? micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 9 mm. To be sold without reserve