Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 11, 2012

LOT 171

VACHERON CONSTANTIN, REF. 85250, PLATINUM JUBILÉ 1755 Vacheron Constantin, Genève, ?Jubilé 1755?, No. 190, movement No 972176, case No. 801224, Ref. 85250. Made in a limited edition of 252 pieces in platinum to mark the occasion of the Quarter Millennium of Vacheron Constantin in 2005, sold on June 15, 2006. Extremely fine and very rare, water-resistant, self-winding, center-seconds, platinum wristwatch with day-date calendar, powerreserve indication and a platinum Vacheron Constantin buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, Certificate of Jubilé, Certificate of Origin, chronometer certificate, user manual, push-pin, and a magnifying loupe.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, bezel with serrated edge, correctors in the rounded band, transparent back with serrated edge secured by 6 screws, curved sloped and indented ?250 ans? lugs, anti-refl ective sapphire crystals. D. Platinum, ?250 ans? guilloché, applied white gold faceted baton indexes and Roman half-hour numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary dials for the day and date, power-reserve sector, applied Seal of Geneva. White gold frosted and polished éventail hands. M. Cal. 2475, stamped with the Seal of Geneva, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 27 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, free-sprung monometallic balance with a frequency of 4Hz (28,800A/h) adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, selfcompensating fl at balance-spring, hack mechanism, unidirectional guilloché 22K gold rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 12.5 mm.