Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 22, 2013

LOT 592

Vacheron Constantin Ref. 43041 Saltarello White Gold Vacheron Constantin, Genève, ?Saltarello Automatic,? No. 176/200, movement No. 861730, case No. 701381, Ref. No. 43041. Made in a limited edition of 200 examples in circa 2000. Very fine and rare, cushion-shaped, self-winding, waterresistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with jump-hour, retrograde minutes and an 18K white gold Vacheron Constantin buckle. Accompanied by a Vacheron Constantin box and certificate.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel and lugs, transparent case back secured by 4 screws, sapphire crystals. D. Hand-guilloché silver with applied white gold Arabic numerals and lozenge indexes on a curved retrograde graduation from 9 to 3 for the minutes, white gold framed aperture for the jump hour at 12. White gold alpha hand. M. Cal. 1120/2, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium- plated, fausses côtes decoration, 38 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating fl at balance spring, skeletonized hand-engraved rotor with 21K gold segment. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 36 x 36 mm. Thickness 8.5 mm Property of a Japanese Collector