Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jan 26, 2013

LOT 233

VACHERON CONSTANTIN, REF. 49001, PHIDIAS CHRONOGRAPH, YELLOW GOLD Vacheron Constantin, Geneve, ?Phidias, Automatic?, No. 458, case No. 642551, Ref. 49001. Made in the 1990s. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and date, with 18K yellow gold integrated bracelet. Accompanied by a fitted box and guarantee.

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, case-back with 8 screws, tachometer graduation on the yellow gold bezel. D. Guilloché black with applied yellow gold baton indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, aperture for the date at 6. Yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal.1136, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 38 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, adjusted five positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 10 mm. Approx. overall length 175 mm.