Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hog Kong, Feb 26, 2011

LOT 435

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 the 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.