Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 08, 2010

LOT 353

Vacheron Constantin - Ref. 85050 -Custom-Ordered - Pink Gold - Quai De L?ile Vacheron Constantin, Genève, ?Quai de l?Ile,? movement No. 5154246, case No. 1176449, Ref. 85050/000R. Made in 2008. Extremely fine, cushion-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant, center seconds, 18K pink gold and titanium wristwatch with day, date, power reserve and an 18K pink gold Vacheron Constantin double deployant clasp. Accompanied by the user's manual, certificate of origin, identity passport and its original box containing an extra rubber strap, setting pin, loupe and a USB key.

C. Three-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 applied pink gold radial Arabic quarter numerals, white ink-filled Arabic numerals, subsidiary sapphire disc 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. Luminous pink gold baton hands. M. Cal. 2475SC, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, 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. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam 41 mm. Thickness 13 mm.