$13,200
Les Historiques, Jalousie Vacheron Constantin, Genève, "Les Historiques, Jalousie,” No. 674926, Ref. 91002. Made in the late 1990s. Very fine and unusual, rectangular, waterresistant, 18K white gold and diamond set wristwatch with concealed dial "à volets" on a Vacheron & Constantin strap with an 18K white gold Vacheron Constantin buckle, accompanied by a Vacheron & Constantin box. Three-body, polished, case back with 4 screws, inner case with 4 screws, diamond set shutters, bezel and upper shoulders, decorated lower band, rectangular cabochon sapphire set lever at six to open the sprung shutters and reveal the dial. White with applied white gold and black lacquer baton indexes, inset subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel feuille hands. Cal. 1017, rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 21 jewels, straight line lever escapement, beryllium balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulation. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 25 x 41 mm. Thickness: 8.5 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-03-05
