Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 09, 2014

LOT 200

VACHERON CONSTANTIN, REF. 49001, PHIDIAS CHRONOGRAPH, YELLOW GOLD Vacheron Constantin, Geneve, "Phidias, Automatic," No. 294, case No. 638905, Ref. 49001. Made in the 1990s. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, date and an 18K yellow gold integrated link bracelet with double deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box, certificate of origin, hang tag, booklets and three extra links.

Two-body, polished and brushed, case-back with 8 screws, tachometer graduation on the bezel, sapphire crystal. Ivory color with applied yellow gold baton indexes, outer 1/5th seconds track with 5-second Arabic markers, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, aperture for the date at 6. Yellow gold baton hands. Cal.1136, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 38 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, adjusted five positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring.