Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 22, 2013

LOT 536

VACHERON CONSTANTIN REF. 49145, PINK GOLD MALTE SPECIAL U.S. EDITION Vacheron Constantin, Genève, ?Malte, Automatic,? No. 25, case No. 1135258, Ref. 49145. Made in a numbered edition of 50 pieces circa 2007. Fine and rare, large, tonneau-shaped, curved, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, oversized date and an 18K pink gold Vacheron Constantin double deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, case back with 8 screws, band engraved No. 25, fluted Art Deco lugs, sapphire crystal.
D. Maroon color with applied pink gold radial Arabic numerals and dart indexes, outer minute track, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, large double aperture for the date at 12. Pink gold lozenge hands.
M. Cal. 1137, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 37 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, 18K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 37 x 53 mm. Thickness 13 mm.