Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Dec 07, 2006

LOT 270

Yellow Gold "222" Vacheron Constantin, Genève, "222", Ref. 60001, case No. 571103. Made in the 1980s. Very fine and elegant, tonneau-shaped, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold and diamond gentleman's automatic wristwatch with date and an 18K yellow gold integral bracelet with white gold deployant clasp.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, diamond set lobed bezel, white gold logo at 5. D. Matte gold with applied diamonds indexes, outer minute/seconds divisions, date aperture. Yellow gold ?dauphine? hands. M. Rhodium-plated, ?fausse côtes? decorated, straight-line lever escapement, beryllium balance adjusted to 5 positions, self-compensating flat balance spring. Gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33.5 mm. Thickness 8 mm.