375,000 HKD
VACHERON & CONSTANTIN PERPETUAL CALENDAR MI NUTE REPEATER YELLOW GOLD Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 324861, case No. 198638. Made circa 1911. Very fine and extremely rare, minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold, keyless chronometer pocket watch with perpetual calendar, phases and age of the moon. C. Four-body, massive, “bassine”, polished, gold hinged cuvette D. White enamel with Arabic numerals, sunk subsidiary dials for the day of the week, the months of the leap year cycle, the date and the seconds with inner moon phase aperture with age of the moon. Pink gold “spade” hands. M. 40,6 mm (18’’’), rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 31 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, Blue steel Breguet balance-sping, “swan-neck” micro-metric regulator. Dial, case, cuvette and movement signed. Diam. 49 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2013-06-22
