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

LOT 418

"Stainless Steel Overseas Chronograph" Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, "Overseas Chronograph", ?Automatic?, case No. 718254, Ref. 49140/ 423A. Sold on August 9, 2004. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant to 15 atm., stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, oversized date and an integrated, stainless steel Vacheron Constantin bracelet with deployant clasp. Accompanied by a Vacheron & Constantin box and the original Certificate of Origin and guarantee.

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, case back with 8 screws and "Overseas" logo, notched steel bezel, proteced screw-down chronograph buttons and winding crown, screwed lugs, bevelled lugs with screwed bars, sapphire crystal. D. Black with painted luminous Arabic numerals and pyramidal indexes, subsidiary guilloché dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, aperture for the date at 12. Luminous steel "baton" hands. M. Cal. 1137, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 37 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 12.5 mm.