Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 16, 2005

LOT 70

Vacheron Constantin, Genève, No. 690147, case No. 611733, Ref. 43031/3. Made in the 1990s. Very fine, astronomic, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K yellow gold Vacheron Constantin buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, sapphire crystal. D. White with applied gold bâton indexes, subsidiary dials for the days of the month, of the week, the months, the leap year, sector for the age of the moon, aperture for the phases of the moon. Yellow gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 1120/1, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 36 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, gold edged rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 7 mm.