Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

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LOT 268

Ref. 43031 ?Yellow Gold Perpetual Calendar? Vacheron Constantin, Genève, No. 733014, case No. 574662, Ref. 43031. Made in the 1990s. Very fine, astronomic, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with perpetual calendar and moon phases.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, stepped rounded bezel, sapphire crystal. D. Off-white with applied yellow gold bâton indexes, outer minute division, subsidiary dials for the days of the month, of the week, the months, the leap year, sector for the age of the moon, aperture for the phases of the moon. Yellow gold "baton" hands. M. Cal. 1120/1, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 36 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, 21k gold edged rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 7 mm.