Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 23, 2012

LOT 382

VACHERON & CONSTANTIN REF. 49002 YELLOW GOLD CHRONOGRAPH Yellow Gold Chronograph Vacheron Constantin, Genève, "Automatic," case No. 631838, Ref. 49002/2.Made in the 1990s. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, tachometer, date and an 18K yellow gold Vacheron & Constantin buckle. Accompanied by fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, inclined bezel, concave lugs, case back with 4 screws, sapphire crystal. D. White with applied yellow gold baton indexes, outer minutes and 1/5th seconds track, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outermost tachometer graduation, aperture for the date at 6. Yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. 1136, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 37 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, self compensating fl at balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 11 mm.