1,876,250 CHF
“Tour de I’lle Antiquorum” Vacheron Constantin, Genève, “Tour de I’lle”, Pièce Unique. Made to mark the occasion of the Quarter Millennium of Vacheron Constantin in 2005. Exceptional and unique, astronomical and astrological, double-face, 18K pink gold (5N) gentleman’s minute repeating wristwatch with perpetual calendar and leap year, “Sirius” star chart, celestial annual calendar, visible one-minute tourbillon regulator, sunrise and sunset indication, perpetual equation of time, phases and age of the moon, 58-hour power reserve, second time zone, day-night indication, couple de sonnerie and black guilloché dials. Notes “Tour de I’lle” The name “Tour de l’Ile” refers to the place, in Geneva’s Saint Gervais quarter, where the workshops of Vacheron Constantin were located for approximately 200 years. Befitting their position as master watchmakers, Vacheron Constantin have created the most complicated wristwatch ever made in series production. It comprises a total of 16 complications arranged over two dials. This ultra-compli-cated wristwatch is made up of 834 components and represents a “tour de force” in the world of haute horlogerie, with a total of over 10,000 hours going into the research and development of the movement. This masterpiece has been created in a series of seven pieces to mark the Quarter Millennium of Vacheron Constantin. The present watch is the only one in this limited edition to have a black dial. Vacheron Constantin have created this “pièce unique” f
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-04-03
