Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 11, 2012

LOT 173

VACHERON CONSTANTIN, REF. 85250, PINK GOLD JUBILÉ 1755 Vacheron Constantin, Genève, ?Jubilé 1755?, No. 390, movement No 972259, case No. 800918, Ref. 85250. Made in a limited edition of 501 pieces in pink gold 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, 18K pink gold wristwatch with day-date calendar, power-reserve indication and an 18K pink gold Vacheron Constantin buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, Certificate of Jubilé, Certificate of Origin, chronometer certificate, user manual, push-pin, and a magnifying loupe.

CHF 22,000 - 32,000

USD 23,000 - 34,000 / EUR 18,000 - 26,000

Sold: CHF 30,000

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. Silver, ?250 ans? guilloché, applied pink 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. Pink 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.


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