Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Sep 17, 2009

LOT 226

Ref. 48003 Platinum Vacheron Constantin, Geneve, "Automatic," No. 836229, case No. 647273, Ref. 48003. Made circa 1996. Fine and rare, self-winding, center seconds, platinum wristwatch with a platinum Vacheron Constantin buckle.

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, concave bezel, claw lugs, sapphire crystal. D. Guilloche silver with white pink gold dart indexes and Arabic quarters, outer minute track. White gold baton hands. M. Cal. 1133, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 19 jewels, straight-line monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, 21K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 7 mm.