Sale 1580
New York
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20 October 2005
Price realised
USD 38,400
Estimate
DANIEL ROTH. A FINE AND RARE 18K WHITE GOLD CUSHION SKELETONIZED DOUBLE-DIALED TOURBILLON WRISTWATCH WITH DATE AND POWER RESERVE Signed Daniel Roth, circa 1995 With nickel-finished skeletonized lever movement visible between two sapphire crystals, the bridges and plates finely engraved with scrolls, one-minute tourbillon carriage with mono-metallic compensation balance, eccentric chapter ring with disc numerals and blued steel hands, the reverse with Arabic numerals on a silvered date ring above sector for power reserve, cushion-form case, movement signed, with 18K white gold buckle 40mm length
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Accompanied by Daniel Roth cardboard slipcase, large leather-covered presentation box, certificate and Bulletin de Marche (No. 4007401) dated 6 September 1990.
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