Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Sep 30, 2014

LOT 39

VACHERON CONSTANTIN REF. 47052 TRIPLE DATE MOONPHASE YELLOW GOLD Vacheron Constantin, Genève, Automatic, No. 795354, case No. 646221, Ref. 47052. Made circa 2002. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with triple date, moon phases, 52-week indicator and an 18K yellow gold Vacheron Constantin buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box.

Two-body, solid, polished, case back with 8 screws, stepped bezel, straight lugs, sapphire crystal Two-tone silver with guilloche decoration in the center, applied yellow gold round indexes, subsidiary dials for the date and the days of the week, aperture for the moon phases, outer minute track, month and 52-week indication. Yellow gold and black baton hands Cal. 1126, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 33 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, hack mechanism.