Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 23, 2012

LOT 159

VACHERON CONSTANTIN CALENDAR WITH WEEK YELLOW GOLD Vacheron Constantin, Genève, case No. 646221, Ref. 47052. Made in the 1990s. Very fine and rare, astronomic, water-resistant, self-winding, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with triple date, 52-week indication, moon phases and an 18K yellow gold Vacheron Constantin buckle. Accompanied by a box and 18K yellow gold Vacheron Constantin deployant clasp .

C. Three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, straight lugs, case back with 8 screws, fl at sapphire crystal. D. "Guilloché" silver, outer plain reserve with painted graduation for the weeks and the months, concentric graduation for the hours and minutes, subsidiary dials for the days of the week and the month, aperture for the moon phases. Yellow gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 1126, 33 jewels, rhodiumplated, "fausses côtes" decoration, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating balance spring, 21K gold rotor segment. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 8.5 mm.