Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 08, 2010

LOT 236

Vacheron Constantin- Ref. 43031 Yellow Gold - Perpetual Calendar Vacheron Constantin, Genève, No. 733164, case No. 578723, Ref. 43031-1. Made in the 1990s. Very fine, astronomic, self-winding, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K yellow gold Vacheron Constantin buckle. Accompanied by a Vacheron Constantin boxed leather pouch, service and instruction manual.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, stepped rounded bezel, straight lugs, sapphire crystal. d. White with applied yellow gold bâton indexes, outer minute division, subsidiary dials for the days of the month, of the week, the months, the leap year, sector for the age of the moon, aperture for the phases of the moon. Yellow gold baton hands. m. Cal. 1120/1, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, 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. 36 mm. Thickness 7 mm.