Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 22, 2013

LOT 593

Vacheron Constantin Ref. 47247 Skeletonized Malte Retrograde Date Platinum Vacheron Constantin, Genève, ?Malte Retrograde Date?, Ref. 47247/47245, No. 214/247, movement No. 932650, case No. 768727. Made in a limited edition of 247 in 2002. Sold on 23rd, January 2003. Very fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, skeletonozed Platinum wristwatch with retrograde date, days of the week indication and platinum Vacheron Constantin buckle. Accompanied by a original fitted box, certificate and booklet.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, transparent case back with 4 screws, large and fluted overhanging straight lugs, sapphire crystals D. Skeletonized, white chapter ring with white gold triangle index, at 12 the sector for the retrograde date, at 6 a subsidiary dial for the days of the week. White gold baton hands. M. Cal. 1126/1, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 36 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, 21K gold rotor segment. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 10 mm Property of a Japanese Collector