60,000 CHF
Les Metiers d’Art, “Zheng He” Vacheron Constantin, Genève, “Patrimony, Metiers d’Art, Zheng He”, movement No. 949702, case No. 798577, Ref. 47070. Made in a limited series of 60 examples, circa 2005. Extremely fine and very rare, water resistant, self-winding 18K yellow gold wristwatch with enamel dial, with patented mechanism for the mobile hour figure and an 18K yellow gold Vacheron Constantin deployant clasp. Accompanied by the fitted wooden box, the Certificate of Origin and guarantee certificate, a gilt loop, booklets and a CD-Rom. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, fluted lugs, concave bezel, case back with 6 screws and engraved with compass point. Hand painted enamel on 22K gold plates, depicting the China Sea, open section between 4 and 8 with Arabical numerals and five minute dot indexes, mobile Arabic numerals for the hour indication. Cal 1126AT, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes and oeil de perdrix decoration, 36 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, patented auxiliary mechanism for the display of mobile hour figures over 120°, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam 39 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Notes The Patrimony line was created in tribute to great explorers; the ingenious manner in which the hour numerals traverse the dial is indeed reminiscent of a ship crossing the high seas. This watch was made in a limited edition of 240 examples, available in four versions. Product
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-05-10
