Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 28, 2014

LOT 276

VACHERON CONSTANTIN REF. 85250 250 YEAR ANNIVERSARY PLATINUM Vacheron Constantin, Genève, No. 50, movement No 971098, case No. 801082, Ref. 85250. Made in a limited edition of 252 pieces in platinum to commemorate the 250th Anniversary of Vacheron & Constantin 1755 - 2005. Extremely fine and rare, water-resistant, self-winding, center seconds, platinum wristwatch with day & date calendar, power reserve indication and a platinum Vacheron Constantin buckle. Accompanied by the original wooden box, leather bound folder with guarantee and technical information, setting pin and a brass fold-out magnifying loupe in a leather case.

Three-body, polished and brushed, inclined bezel with reeded edge, correctors in the rounded band, transparent back with reeded edge secured by 6 screws, antireflective sapphire crystals. Platinum, "250 Year" decoration, applied white gold faceted baton indexes and Roman half-hour numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary dials for the day and date, power-reserve sector at 6, applied Seal of Geneva. White polished epee hands. Cal. 2475, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 27 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, hack mechanism, 22K gold rotor.