Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Monaco, Jan 24, 2021
LOT 303
VACHERON CONSTANTIN, REF. 300020/000P-4, “LES COMPLICATIONS” PERPETUAL CALENDAR MINUTE REPEATER, PLATINUM
EUR 110,000 - 180,000
USD 132,000 - 217,000 / HKD 1,030,000 - 1,680,000
Sold: EUR 169,000
Fine and extremely rare, platinum, manual winding wristwatch with silver dial, day, date, month, moon-phases and leap year. Minute repeater.
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Grade: |
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Case: 2-8 |
Very good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 2* |
Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 1-01 |
As new HANDS Original |
Brand Vacheron Constantin
Model Les Complications
Reference 300020/000P-4
Year Circa 1994
Movement No. 8212625
Case No. 634575
Bracelet Vacheron Constantin Leather with 18k white gold deployant clasp
Caliber 1755QP
Dimensions 37 mm
Weight 83,4g
Signature Case, dial and movement
Accessories Extract from the archives
Notes
The name “Tour de l’Ile” refers to the place, in Geneva’s Saint Gervais quarter, where the workshops of Vacheron Constantin were located for approximately 200 years. Befitting their position as master watchmakers since 1755, Vacheron Constantin have created the most complicated wristwatch ever made in series of seven pieces.
Celebrating the Quarter Millennium of Vacheron Constantin in 2005, this masterpiece is the only one in this limited edition to have a black dial. Vacheron Constantin made this pièce unique for the “Antiquorum Quarter Millenium Vacheron Constantin” sale in 2005 and have guaranteed that no other example of this watch will bear a black dial, marking it as truly outstanding within this exclusive series of exceptional watches.
It comprises a total of 16 complications arranged over two dials. This ultra-complicated wristwatch is made up of 834 components and represents a tour de force in the world of haute horlogerie, with a total of over 10,000 hours going into the research and development of the movement.
Winner of the first prize for the "Aiguilles d'or" at the Grand Prix de l'Horlogerie in 2005, it is a great honor for Antiquorum to present this unique timepiece, a true symbol of watchmaking expertise, for the second time in auction.
Celebrating the Quarter Millennium of Vacheron Constantin in 2005, this masterpiece is the only one in this limited edition to have a black dial. Vacheron Constantin made this pièce unique for the “Antiquorum Quarter Millenium Vacheron Constantin” sale in 2005 and have guaranteed that no other example of this watch will bear a black dial, marking it as truly outstanding within this exclusive series of exceptional watches.
It comprises a total of 16 complications arranged over two dials. This ultra-complicated wristwatch is made up of 834 components and represents a tour de force in the world of haute horlogerie, with a total of over 10,000 hours going into the research and development of the movement.
Winner of the first prize for the "Aiguilles d'or" at the Grand Prix de l'Horlogerie in 2005, it is a great honor for Antiquorum to present this unique timepiece, a true symbol of watchmaking expertise, for the second time in auction.