$6,325
"Royal Chronometer Automatic" Vacheron Constantin, Genève, No. 847955, case No. 694044, Ref. 47021. Made in the 1990s. Very fine and rare, center-seconds, selfwinding, water-resistant, 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch with date and an 18K white gold Vacheron Constantin buckle. Two-body, solid, polished, concave lugs, sapphire crystal. Off-white with applied white gold radial Roman numerals and faceted indexes, aperture for the date. White gold "alpha" hands. Cal. 1126/1, rhodium-plated, "oeilde- perdrix" and "fausses côtes" decoration, 36 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shockabsorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, micrometer regulator, 21K gold rotor segment. Dial, case, and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 12 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-12-07