Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 11, 2012

LOT 441

VACHERON & CONSTANTIN, REF. 47245, WHITE GOLD MALTE - RETROGRADE DATE Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, movement No. 886042, case No. 722242, Ref. 47245. Made circa 2001. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with retrograde date, days of the week indication and an 18K white gold Vacheron Constantin buckle.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, transparent case back with 4 screws, large and fl uted overhanging straight lugs, button at 10 for advancing the date, sapphire crystals. D. Textured ivory color with applied white gold radial Roman numerals and round indexes, at 12 the sector for the retrograde date, at 6 a subsidiary dial for the days of the week. White gold baton hands. M. Cal.1126/1, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 36 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating fl at balance spring, 21K gold rotor segment. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 11 mm