Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 14, 2006

LOT 330

"Triple Date" Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 464024, case No. 311663. Made in the 1940s. Very fine and rare, astronomic, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with triple date and moon phases.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, fluted concave lugs. D. Two-tone silver with applied yellow gold pyramid indexes and Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial, outer graduation for the days of the month on a plain reserve, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Yellow gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. V 495, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, beryllium balance adjusted to temperatures, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, ?swanneck? micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness: 10 mm.