Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces...
Hong Kong, Dec 05, 2021
LOT 272
VACHERON CONSTANTIN
MADE BY PIETRA DURA AND FERDINAND VERGER, 18K GOLD AND PLATINUM
HKD 100,000 - 180,000
EUR 11,300 - 20,200 / CHF 11,900 - 21,300 / USD 12,900 - 23,200
Sold: HKD 118,750
Extremely fine, unique and elegant, early 18K gold platinum manual winding
wristwatch , with pietra dura “incrustation lapis lazuli, bloodstone, white
chalcedony dial” diamond-set bezel and diamond-set and ruby-set case.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3-8 |
Good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand Vacheron Constantin
Model Made By Pietra Dura And Ferdinand Verger
Reference N950.001AAKKK.NYRRO
Year Circa 1894
Movement No. 179008
Case No. 178226
Bracelet Moiré silk strap with 18K gold clasp.
Diameter 27.5 mm
Caliber 10R. cyl., diameter 22 mm
Signature Movement
Accessories Pouch, letter from Vacheron Constantin
Notes
The present watch is one of a very special and rare type that derives its inspiration from a watch made by BREGUET for PRINCE DEMIDOFF (sold
by Antiquorum, Geneva, March 31, 2001, lot 77). That watch dated from the early 19th century and its case was described in the register as a ‘boite à
incrustations’. These dials were apparently made only on special order and are found on only one or two watches dating from the late 19th and early 20th
centuries. This type of dial was extremely expensive to make, sometimes costing more than an entire watch with no decoration. Watches with pietra dura
cases and dials were made in the later 19th century and early 20th century by both the House of Breguet and the firm of LE ROY. The movement of the
present watch was delivered in 1894 by VACHERON & CONSTANTIN to Parisian jeweler Ferdinand Verger, along with five other movements. Vacheron &
Constantin and Verger often collaborated in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
by Antiquorum, Geneva, March 31, 2001, lot 77). That watch dated from the early 19th century and its case was described in the register as a ‘boite à
incrustations’. These dials were apparently made only on special order and are found on only one or two watches dating from the late 19th and early 20th
centuries. This type of dial was extremely expensive to make, sometimes costing more than an entire watch with no decoration. Watches with pietra dura
cases and dials were made in the later 19th century and early 20th century by both the House of Breguet and the firm of LE ROY. The movement of the
present watch was delivered in 1894 by VACHERON & CONSTANTIN to Parisian jeweler Ferdinand Verger, along with five other movements. Vacheron &
Constantin and Verger often collaborated in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.