Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 23, 2012

LOT 152

VAN CLEEF AND ARPELS REF. 12125 SKELETONIZED Van Cleef & Arpels, Paris, case No. 29531, Ref. 12125. Made in the 1980s. Fine and elegant, thin, skeletonized, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Van Cleef and Arpels buckle.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, "Vendôme" type lugs, stepped bezel, transparent snap on case back, sapphire crystals. D. Skeletonized, silver chapter ring with painted Roman numerals and baton indexes. Black painted gold feuille hands. M. Cal. 9 1/4''', gilt brass and hand-engraved, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating fl at balance spring. Case signed. Diam. 32 mm. Thickness 4.2 mm.