Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 07, 2005

LOT 281

?Two-tone Dial? Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 463487, case No. 318625. Made circa 1950. Very fine and rare, astronomic, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with triple date, moon phases and an 18K yellow gold Vacheron Constantin buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, overhanging claw lugs. D. Two-tone brushed silver with applied yellow gold baton indexes and Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds, outer graduation for the days of the month in painted Arabic numerals, apertures for the moon phases, the days of the week and the months in red. Yellow gold "baton" hands, red arrow for the date. M. Cal. V485, rhodium plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 31 mm. Thickness 12 mm.