Model: Roger Dubuis Sympathie S37 570
Year: October 2000
Material: White Gold
Size: 37mm
Movement: Automatic Roger Dubuis Caliber RD57 movement
This is an 18k white gold Roger Dubuis Sympathie Bulletin D’Observatoire S37 570.
It has a faceted brushed exhibition sapphire display case back secured with 8 screws, and a pull out winding crown. The 37mm by 37mm “carrée cambrée” (square cambered) solid three-body case, downturned lugs with screwed gold bars, and rounded sculptural bezel are polished.
The silver dial has stylized Breguet-type Arabic numeral hour markers, white gold dauphine hands, and a white gold center sweep seconds hand. There is an oval in the center decorated with a “dart wheel” pattern, and outside is a 60-minute/seconds railroad-style track with red Arabic numerals every five minutes, and ten-second divisions around the perimeter.
It’s water resistant to 30 meters/100 feet, and the 7.5mm thick case, dial, and movement are all signed. This Roger Dubuis Sympathie Bulletin D’Observatoire S37 570 has a mechanical automatic self-winding Roger Dubuis caliber 57 movement. It’s stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, and it’s rhodium-plated, with fausses côtes embellishment. It’s constructed with 25 jewels, a shock absorber device, and a straight-line lever escapement. It includes a monometallic balance that’s adjusted to 5 positions, a self-compensating flat balance-spring, and a swan neck micrometer regulator.
This Roger Dubuis Sympathie Bulletin D’Observatoire S37 570 was produced in 2000 in an extremely limited edition of only 28 total examples.
