281,250 CHF
“Triple Complication” Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 511622, case No. 379269, Ref. 6526. Made in 1962. Very fine and important 18K yellow gold, astronomical, keyless, slim, minute-repeating dress watch with perpetual calendar, phase and age of the moon, split-seconds chronograph and progressive 30-minute register. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. Three-body, "variée", polished and satiné with beveled bezels. Matte silver with applied gold indexes, outerminute/second track and fifth second timing scale, sunk subsidiary dials for days of the week, months of the leapyear cycle with outer minute register, date, and seconds with inner moon phase aperture and lunar age sector.Gold "bâton" hands. Cal.17’’’ JSMCCRVQ, rhodium plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 35 jewels, straight linelever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and five positions,Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Repeating on gongs via slide in the band. Split secondschronograph with visible work, operated by means of the winding crown with push piece in the band.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 51 mm. Notes Ref. 6526 Vacheron Constantin made six examples of this Reference, nos. 511622 - 511627; the present watch is the first of the series. No. 511623 is illustrated on page 233 of “The World of Vacheron Constantin” The triple complication watch was undoubtedly the most successful model for over 80 years. From 1880 to a
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-04-03
