Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 08, 2014

LOT 132

VACHERON CONSTANTIN MALTE RETROGRADE DATE Vacheron Constantin, Genève, « Malte Retrograde Date », movement No. 887166, case No. 745239, Ref. 47245/000G. Made circa 2000. Very fine, water-resistant, self-winding, 18K white gold wristwatch with retrograde date, days of the week indication and an 18K white gold Vacheron Constantin buckle. Accompanied by the certificate of origin and warranty undated, user manual, booklet and setting pin.

Two-body, solid, polished, transparent case back with 4 screws, large and fluted overhanging straight lugs, button at 10 for advancing the date, sapphire crystals. Textured ivory color with applied white gold radial Roman numerals and round indexes, sector at 12 for the retrograde date, subsidiary dial for the days of the week at 6. White gold baton hands. Cal.1126/1, 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.