Important Collector's Wristwatches,Po...

Grand Havana Room, Mar 24, 2004

LOT 101

Vacheron Constantin, Genève, No. 877948, case No. 660667, Ref. 30020. Produced in the late 1990s.Extremely fine, rare and important, astronomic, minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wrist-watchwith perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K yellow gold VacheronConstantin buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. three-body, solid, polished, transparent case back, stepped bezel, teardrop lugs, domed sapphire crystal.D. two-tone satiné silver with applied gold bâton indexes, sunk guilloché subsidiary dials for the days of the month, of the week, themonths, the leap year, sector for the age of the moon, aperture for the moon phases. Yellow gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 1755,rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 30 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temper-aturesand 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Repeating on gongs byactivating slide onthe band.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam 37 mm.