Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Oct 25, 2015

LOT 242

VACHERON CONSTANTIN REF. 43031 PERPETUAL CALENDAR YELLOW GOLD Vacheron Constantin, Genève, No. 718546, case No. 611678, Ref. 43031/3. Made in the 1990s. Very fine, self-winding, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moon phases and an 18K yellow gold Vacheron Constantin buckle.

HKD 120,000 - 200,000

USD 16,000 - 26,000 / CHF 15,000 - 25,000

Sold: HKD 143,750

Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped rounded bezel, snap-on case back, straight lugs, sapphire crystal. White with applied yellow gold bâton indexes, outer minute divisions, 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 phases of the moon. Yellow gold baton hands. Cal. K1120, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 36 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, 21K gold rotor segment.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 2-8

Very good

Slightly scratched

Movement: 2**

Very good

Repair required, at buyer's expense

Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 36 mm. THICKNESS 7 mm.