Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 10, 2010

LOT 242

Van Cleef & Arpels day & date Van Cleef & Arpels, Paris, La Collection, No. 006, case No. 117104, Ref. 88762. Made in the 1990's. Fine, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with day and date and an 18K yellow gold Van Cleef & Arpels buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, setting pin and guarantee (now void).

C. Two-body, polished, Vendome-type lugs, case back with embossed gold logo, sapphire crystal. D. Ivory-color with applied yellow gold Roman numerals and baton indexes, outer minute/seconds track, subsidiary dials for the days of the week and the date. 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, selfcompensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 32 mm. Thickness 9 mm.