Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Sep 30, 2014

LOT 38

VACHERON & CONSTANTIN REF. 47009 DAY-DATE MOON PHASE YELLOW GOLD Vacheron & Constantin, Geneve, No. 795467, case No. 626805, Ref. 47009. Made in 1994. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with dual date, moon phases and an 18K yellow gold Vacheron Constantin buckle. Accompanied by a Vacheron & Constantin box and certificate of authenticity.

Three body, polished and brushed, case back with four screws, stepped bezel, straight lugs, sapphire crystal. Guilloche off-white with applied yellow gold baton and dot indexes, outer minute divisions, subsidiary dials for the days of the month and the week, aperture for the moon phases. Yellow gold baton hands. Cal. 1126 QS, rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 33 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat beryllium balance spring, rotor with 21K gold segment.