Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong - Kong, Oct 09, 2010

LOT 274

Vacheron Constantin palladium Quai de l?Ile Vacheron Constantin, Genève, ?Quai de l?Ile?, movement No. 5153929, case No. 1152633, Ref. 85050/000D-9341. Made in 2008. Extremely fine, self-winding, water-resistant, center-seconds, palladium 950 wristwatch with day, date, power reserve and a palladium Vacheron Constantin double deployant clasp. Accompanied by its user's manual, certificate of origin, identity passport and original box containing an extra rubber strap, setting pin, loupe and a USB key.

C. Cushion-shaped, seven-body, solid, polished and brushed, correctors on the band, screw-down transparent case back with dedication inscription on the rim, sapphire crystals. D. Sapphire crystal with rhodium-plated radial Arabic quarter numerals, white ink-filled Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the days of the month at 3, days of the week at 9, embedded micro-text around those dials, power reserve indicator at six, outer minute track. Brushed steel luminous baton hands. M. Cal. 2475SC, stamped with the seal of Geneva, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes and oeil de perdrix decoration, 27 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, hack mechanism, 22K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam 41 mm. Thickness 13.2 mm.