Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 27, 2015

LOT 119

VACHERON & CONSTANTIN REF. 4240 TRIPLE CALENDAR PINK GOLD Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 463973, case No. 307219, Ref. 4240. Made circa 1949. Fine and rare, 18K pink gold wristwatch with triple date calendar, claw lugs. Accompanied by a certificate of origin dated 23/02/1949.

Two-body, polished, fluted band, claw lugs. Silver with applied gold Arabic numerals and baton indexes, subsidiary seconds dial, outer graduation for the date in red, apertures for the days of the week and the months. Pink gold baton hands, blued steel date indicator hand with red arrow. Cal. 495V, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, beryllium balance with timing screws, adjusted to temperatures, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, swan neck micrometer regulator.