Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces.

Hong Kong, Mar 18, 2017

LOT 124

VACHERON CONSTANTIN REF. 47032 MALTE RETROGRADE PERPETUAL CALENDAR SKELETON PLATINUM Vacheron Constantin, Genève, "Malte Retrograde Perpetual Calendar", Automatic, No. 976927, case No. 1125261, Ref. 47032. Sold in January 2007. Very fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, skeletonized platinum wristwatch with perpetual calendar, retrograde date and an 18k white gold Vacheron Constantin double deployant clasp. Accompanied by fitted box, certificate of origin and instruction booklet.

Three-body, solid, polished, transparent case back with 6 screws, spring-loaded hinged back cover, stepped lugs, sapphire crystals. Skeletonised, 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.