Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 25, 2010

LOT 80

Vacheron Constantin Overseas Vacheron Constantin, Genève, "Overseas Chronograph", movement No. 882668, case No. 742637, Ref. 49140. Sold on July 15th, 2001. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, large date and a stainless steel Vacheron & Constantin bracelet. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate, booklet and an additional leather strap.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, case back with screws and embossed with "Overseas" logo, stylized bezel, screweddown chronograph buttons and winding-crown, sapphire crystal. D. Two-tone silver with applied fancy steel indexes, subsidiary guilloche dials for the seconds, the 12 hour and 30 minute registers, aperture for the large date. Luminous steel baton hands. M. Cal. 1137, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 37 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, micrometer regulator, 18K yellow gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Approx. overall length: 175 mm.