Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Sep 17, 2009

LOT 197

Yellow Gold Automatic Van Cleef & Arpels, Paris, La Collection, No. 2530937, case No. 118104, Ref. 88779. Made in the 1990's. Fine, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with day and date, moon phases and a yellow gold Van Cleef & Arpels buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and guarantee (now void).

C. Two-body, polished, Vendome-type lugs, case back with embossed gold logo, sapphire crystal. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold Roman numerals and baton indexes, outer minute/seconds track, subsidiary dials for the months and the date, aperture for the phases of the moon. Yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. 888/1, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 33 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 4 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 32 mm. Thickness 9 mm.