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Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, May 13, 2007

LOT 265

Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 463938, case No. 307825, Ref. 4462. Made in 1948. Very fine and rare, astronomic, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with triple date calendar and moon phases.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, correctors on the band, stepped bezel, fluted and elongated curved lugs. D. Two-tone matte silver with applied pink gold baton indexes and Arabic numerals, subsidiary guilloché dial for the seconds, painted black outer graduation for the days of the month, apertures for the moon phases, the days of the week and the months in painted red writing. Pink gold "baton" hands, red arrow for the date. M. Cal. V495, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, swanneck micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 11 mm. From ?The Collection?