Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Oct 04, 2009

LOT 93

Yellow Gold Claw Lugs Triple Date Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, movement No. 463923, Ref 4461. Made circa 1949. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with triple date calendar, moon phases and an 18K yellow gold Vacheron Costantin buckle. Accompanied by a Vacheron Constantin box.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, overhanging claw lugs, inclined bezel, concave band, snap-on back. D. Two-tone, brushed silver with applied yellow gold faceted dart indexes and Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial, outer blue graduation for the days of the month, outermost black minute track, apertures for the days of the week, the months and the moon phases. Yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. V 485, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, beryllium balance with timing screws adjusted to temperatures, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, swan neck micrometer regulator. Dial, case, and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 11.5 mm.