Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 10, 2013

LOT 551

VACHERON & CONSTANTIN PLATINUM PERPETUAL CALENDAR CHRONOGRAPH Vacheron Constantin, Genève, "Quantième Perpétuel, Chronographe, Automatic", case No. 641796, Ref. 49005. Sold on October 10th, 1993. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, platinum wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, perpetual calendar, moon phases, leap year indication and a platinum Vacheron Constantin buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box, certificate of origin and instruction booklet.

Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, case back with 8 screws, stepped bezel, sapphire crystal. Two-tone white with applied white gold baton indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, the days of the month, of the week, the months and the leap year, aperture for the moon phases, outer minute 1/5 seconds division with fi ve Arabic numerals. White gold baton hands. Cal. 1136 QP, rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 38 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shockabsorber, self-compensating fl at balance-spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed.