Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Nov 27, 2016
VACHERON CONSTANTIN REF 30020 THE PATRIMONY MODEL MINUTE-REPEATER PERPETUAL CALENDAR LIMITED EDITION PLATINUM Vacheron Constantin, Genève, Minute-Repeater, Perpetual Calendar, Limited Edition 200, Ref. 30020/000P-7596. Made in 2005. Extremely fine and important, astronomic, minute-repeating, platinum wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases and a platinum Vacheron Constantin buckle.
Three-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, teardrop lugs, transparent case back, sapphire crystals. Two-tone satine silver with applied white gold baton indexes and pyramid quarters, sunk subsidiary dials for the days of the month, of the week, the months, the leap year, sector for the age of the moon, aperture for the moon phases. White gold baton hands. Cal. 1755 QP, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 30 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band.