Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 13, 2012

LOT 461

VACHERON CONSTANTIN WHITE GOLD ?SALTARELLO? Vacheron Constantin, Genève, "Saltarello Automatic," No. 152/200, movement No. 861846, case No. 701384, Ref. No. 43041. Made in a limited edition of 200 examples in circa 2000. Very fine and rare, cushion-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with jump-hour, retrograde minutes and an 18K white gold Vacheron Constantin buckle. Accompanied by a Vacheron & Constantin box and hang tag.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel and lugs, transparent case back secured by 4 screws, sapphire crystals. D. Hand-guilloché silver with applied white gold Arabic numerals and lozenge indexes on a curved retrograde graduation from 9 to 3 for the minutes, white gold framed aperture for the jumphour at 12. White gold alpha hand. M. Cal. 1120/2, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses côtes decoration, 38 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating fl at balance spring, skeletonized hand-engraved rotor with 21K gold segment. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim: 36 x 36 mm. Thickness 8.5 mm.