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Roosevelt Hotel, Madison Avenue @ 45th Street, Dec 04, 2002

LOT 108

Vacheron & Cons-tantin, Genève,"Malte Dual Time Régulateur",No. 909188, case No. 728804,Ref. 42005. Produced circa 2000.Very fine, two time-zone, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold gentle-man's chronometer wristwatch with regulator dial, 65-hour autonomy and 18K white gold Vacheron Constantin buckle. Accompanied by a box and certificate.

C. three-body, solid, polished, transparent case back with screws covered with a hinged 18K white gold lid, pusher on the band to activate the second time-zone, flat bezel, fluted geometrical-shaped lugs, sapphire crystal. D. two-tone matte silver with painted Arabic numerals for the minute indications, at 6 o'clock, auxiliary guilloché ring dial for the seconds and date with the inscription "Automatic", at 9 o'clock auxiliary 24-hour dial for the second time-zone in red and black painted Arabicnumerals, guilloché center with the inscription "Dual-Time", at 12 o'clock, auxiliary hour dial in painted Roman numerals and indexes, at 3 o'clock the signature, outer minute graduation in painted Arabic numerals and indexes. "Epée" and "Lozenge" white gold hands. M. Cal. 1206, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 31 jewels, straight line lever esca-pement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compen-sating flat balance spring, yellow gold rotor.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 38 mm.