Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 07, 2005

LOT 167

"Royal Chronometer Automatic" Vacheron Constantin, Genève, No. 847955, case No. 694044, Ref. 47021. Made in the 1990s. Very fine and rare, center-seconds, selfwinding, water-resistant, 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch with date and an 18K white gold Vacheron Constantin buckle.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, concave lugs, sapphire crystal. D. Off-white with applied white gold radial Roman numerals and faceted indexes, aperture for the date. White gold "alpha" hands. M. Cal. 1126/1, rhodium-plated, "oeilde- perdrix" and "fausses côtes" decoration, 36 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shockabsorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, micrometer regulator, 21K gold rotor segment. Dial, case, and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 12 mm.