Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 10, 2010

LOT 244

Vacheron & Constantin Pink Gold Malte - Retrograde Date Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 886374, case No. 728496, 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 a fitted box and the Certificate of Origin.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, transparent case back with 4 screws, large and fluted overhanging straight lugs, sapphire crystals. D. Textured ivory color 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 baton hands. M. Cal.1126/1, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 36 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, 21K gold rotor segment. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 10 mm.