$7,705
Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, "Day-Date, Automatic", No. 747874, case No. 584614, Ref. 46009/73009. Produced in the 1990s. Very fine, astronomic, water-resistant, self-winding, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with day and date, moon phases and an 18K yellow gold Vacheron & Constantin buckle. Two-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, straight lugs, sapphire crystal. "Guilloché" silver with applied yellow gold indexes, subsidiary dials for the days of the week and the month, aperture for the moon phases. Yellow gold "bâton" hands. Cal. 1126, 33 jewels, rhodium plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, micrometer regulator, 21K gold rotor segment.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 34 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-12-01