Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...
New York - The Fuller Building, Jun 14, 2007
LOT 268
"Tourbillon Skeleton" Vacheron Constantin, Genève, "Les Complications - Tourbillon Squelette", No. 57, movement No. 842242. Made in the late 1990s. Extremely fine and rare, skeletonized, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator, 42 hour power reserve indicator and an 18K pink gold Vacheron Constantin buckle. Accompanied by the original box and certificate.
USD 70,000 - 90,000
EUR 52,000 - 67,000
Sold: USD 100,150
C. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, straight lugs, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. D. Transparent dial with applied hour indexes, outer minute ring, graduation for the power reserve at 12, tourbillon cage at 6 with polished "Maltese Cross"-shaped steel bridge, carrying the subsidiary seconds hand. Pink gold "dauphine" hands. M. Cal. 1760, hand-engraved and skeletonized, copper-colored, 28 jewels, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator with 3 polished steel arms, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, twin barrels. Dial and movement signed, case numbered. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 11 mm. Property of a Mid West Collector
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