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Hong Kong, Jun 08, 2008

LOT 66

Pink Gold Royal Eagle Vacheron Constantin, Genève, "Royal Eagle ? Automatic", No. 34/50, movement No. 953474, case No. 784791, Ref. 49145. Made in a limited series of 50 examples, sold on September 22nd, 2005. Fine and rare, large, tonneau-shaped, curved, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, oversized date and an 18K pink gold Vacheron Constantin double deployant clasp. Accompanied by the Certificate of Origin, box and booklets.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, case back with 8 screws, fluted Art Deco lugs, sapphire crystal. D. Guilloché gray with applied pink gold radial Arabic numerals and dart indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, large double aperture for the date at 12. Polished and frosted pink gold lozenge hands. M. Cal. 1137, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 37 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, 18K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 36 x 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm.