$10,625
VACHERON & CONSTANTIN TRIPLE CALENDAR RETAILED BY TÜRLER Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 429518, case No. 273737. Made in the 1940s. Fine and rare, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with triple calendar. Two-body, polished, ribbed band, claw lugs. wo-tone matte gilt dial with applied yellow gold round indexes and Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial, outer graduation for the days of the month, apertures for the days of the week and the months. Yellow gold dauphine hands, red arrow for the date. Cal. 455, rhodium-plated, fausses côtes decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, beryllium balance with timing screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness: 12 mm. Notes Vacheron Constantin made beautiful calendar watches in the 1940s with a diversity of stylized cases and dials. Similar examples to the present lot appear in Secrets of Vacheron Constantin, page 230, by Franco Cologni
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2012-04-25
