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

LOT 226

Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, "Automatic", Ref. 47001. Produced in the 1980's.Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph and registers.

C. two-body, solid, polished, case back with screws, stepped rounded bezel, straight lugs, sapphire crystal.D. white, "Clous-de-Paris" decorated with applied gold indexes, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hour and 30 minute registers. "Bâton" yellow gold hands. M. Cal. 1126, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 51 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, adjusted for heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, 21K gold rotor.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 38 mm.