$4,440
Yellow Gold Automatic Van Cleef & Arpels, Paris, La Collection, No. 2530937, case No. 118104, Ref. 88779. Made in the 1990's. Fine, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with day and date, moon phases and a yellow gold Van Cleef & Arpels buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and guarantee (now void). Two-body, polished, Vendome-type lugs, case back with embossed gold logo, sapphire crystal. Matte silver with applied yellow gold Roman numerals and baton indexes, outer minute/seconds track, subsidiary dials for the months and the date, aperture for the phases of the moon. Yellow gold baton hands. Cal. 888/1, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 33 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 4 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 32 mm. Thickness 9 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-09-17
