$9,000
Chronoscope Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 797989, case No. 662172, Ref. 43040. Made in the 1990s. Very fine and unusual, jumping hour, self-winding, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Vacheron Constantin buckle. Accompanied by its original Vacheron leather pouch and international warranty. Two-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, transparent case back, straight and curved lugs, sapphire crystals. Guilloché silver, outer plain reserve with applied yellow gold dart indexes, a circular aperture exposing the triangular minute indicator, aperture for the jumping-hours in black Arabic numerals. Cal. K 1120, stamped with the Geneva seal, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 36 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, 21K gold rotor segment. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness: 7 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-03-05
