Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 13, 2012

LOT 281

VACHERON & CONSTANTIN AUTOMATIC SKELETONIZED YELLOW GOLD Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 747281, case No. 587992. Made in the 1980s. Very fine, thin, skeletonized, self-winding, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with an integral textured woven 18K yellow gold Vacheron Constantin bracelet.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, cabochon sapphire-set winding crown, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Transparent. Black baton hands. M. Cal. 1120/1, skeletonized and hand-engraved, gilt, 36 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating fl at balance spring, 21K engraved gold rotor. Movement signed, case numbered. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 5 mm. Approx. overall length 180 mm.