Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Apr 25, 2021

LOT 222

VACHERON CONSTANTIN
Triple date
àguichets (with apertures), two-tone “Champagne” dial; 18K pink gold

HKD 83,000 - 110,760

USD 10,700 - 14,280 / CHF 10,000 - 13,280

18K pink gold, manual-winding, round-shaped, gentleman’s wristwatch, with snap-on case-back, stepped band, teardrop lugs, round bezel, two-tone “Champagne” colour dial with subsidiary seconds at 6 and three horological complications:
  • Half-instantaneous date of the month (exterior graduation with central index)
  • Day of the week (aperture at 11 o’clock; indications given in Spanish)
  • Month of the year (aperture at 1 o’clock; indications given in Spanish)


Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-6-8-01

Good

Slightly oxidized

Slightly scratched

HANDS Original

Brand Vacheron Constantin, Geneva

Year Circa 1948

Movement No. 429 742

Case No. 284 454 (by E. & C. Nardin, La Chaux-de-Fonds)

Bracelet black leather strap

Buckle gilded metal buckle

Diameter 35.6 mm. (bezel)

Caliber 455

Dimensions 44.5 x 35.6 mm.

Signature dial, case and movement