Dear watch aficionado.
There is a very interesting Daniel Roth reference 2117, the instantaneous perpetual calendar, coming up for sale on April 15th at Bukowskis auctions.
The present watch is the "Numero 0000", so as I think, this is the very first example made with the newly developed sub-dial/hands indication for the day and month. Whereas the earlier examples had the guichet/disque indication for the day and month, but Roth and Dufour did find out very fast that this system would not properly working and so they changed to the system of the present watch. Back then Daniel Roth worked together with Philippe Dufour to develop the instantaneous perpetual mechanism based on a Lemania 8810.
What makes this timepiece very special, certainly is the "Numero 0000" serial number and so as I think, this is the very first 2117 with the newly developed indication system for the day and month. Somebody who is looking for a timepiece made by two legendary watchmakers, this might be a good chance to buy such a watch.
I do personally love the early Daniel Roth watches, the Rétrograde, the Tourbillon, the Chronographe and they become more and more collectible.
The estimate on the present watch is 23 000 - 42 000€, which is very conservative I'd say. It will be interesting to see where the price is going to end up.
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Christian
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