Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 10, 2013

LOT 140

VACHERON CONSTANTIN REF. 47031 MALTE RETROGRADE PERPETUAL CALENDAR PLATINUM Vacheron Constantin, Genève, "Malte Retrograde Perpetual Calendar", Automatic, No. 933343, case No. 778966, Ref. 47031. Made in 2005. Very fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, platinum wristwatch with perpetual calendar, retrograde date and an platinum Vacheron Constantin buckle. Accompanied by the box(Scatola del Tempo), Certificate of Authenticity and setting pin.

Three-body, solid, polished, transparent case back with 6 screws, spring-loaded hinged back cover, stepped lugs, sapphire crystals. Guilloché silver with applied white gold Roman XII and VI and faceted dart indexes, outer minute divisions, subsidiary dials for the days of the week and the months, apertures for the year at 6 and the leap year at 3, retrograde sector for the date. White gold "épée" hands. Cal. 1126/1 QPR, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 36 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, flat balance spring, micrometer regulator, 21K gold rotor segment, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed.