Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Nov 08, 2014
MONTBLANC VILLERET 1858 VINTAGE CHRONOGRAPHE - WHITE GOLD - LIMITED EDITION Montblanc, "Villeret 1858 Vintage Chronographe", No. 50/58, movement by Minerva No. 122248, case No. VE188938, Ref. M162911. Made in a limited edition of 58 pieces, sold in 2011. Fine, large, 18K white gold water-resistant wristwatch with single- button chronograph, register, telemeter, tachometer and an 18K white gold Montblanc buckle. Accompanied by a Montblanc fitted box, guarantee and instruction manual.
Three-body, polished, concave bezel, curved stepped lugs, co-axial button in the large crown for start/stop and return-to-zero of the chronograph, transparent back with 6 screws, sapphire crystals. Black with white Breguet numerals, outer minutes and fifths of a second divisions, outermost telemeter scale and inner spiral tachometer scale, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register. White gold feuille hands. Cal. 16-29, rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, shock absorber, swan-neck micrometer regulator.
Grading System | |
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Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 1* |
As new Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 1-01 |
As new HANDS Original |