$19,200
Vacheron Constantin ‘Saltarello’ Vacheron Constantin, Genève, "Saltarello Automatic," No. 125/200, movement No. 861602, case No. 701323, Ref. No. 43041. Made in a limited edition of 200 in circa 2000. Very fine and rare, cushion-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with jump-hour, retrograde minutes and an 18K white gold Vacheron Constantin buckle. Two-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel and lugs, transparent case back secured by 4 screws, sapphire crystals. Guilloché silver with applied white gold Arabic numerals and lozenge indexes on a curved retrograde graduation from 9 to 3 for the minutes, white gold framed aperture for the jumphour at 12. White gold alpha hand. Cal. 1120/2, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses côtes decoration, 36 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, skeletonized hand-engraved rotor with 21K gold segment. Dim: 36 x 36 mm. Thickness 8 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-12-09
