Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong, Jun 27, 2009

LOT 439

Pink Gold ?Malta Retrograde Date? Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, Case No. 728495, Ref. 47245. Made circa 2001. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with retrograde date, days of the week indication and an 18K pink gold Vacheron Constantin buckle. Accompanied by the Certificate of Origin and suede pouche.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, transparent case back with 4 screws, large and fluted overhanging straight lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Guilloché matte silver with applied pink gold radial Roman numerals and round indexes, at 12 the sector for the retrograde date, at 6 a subsidiary dial for the days of the week. Pink gold batonhands. M. Cal.1127, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 45 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, 21K gold rotor segment. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 10 mm.