VACHERON CONSTANTIN. A FINE AND RARE LIMITED EDITION 18K GOLD DUAL RETROGRADE AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH DEPICTING THE MAP OF SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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VACHERON CONSTANTIN. A FINE AND RARE LIMITED EDITION 18K GOLD DUAL RETROGRADE AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH DEPICTING THE MAP OF SOUTH-EAST ASIA

SIGNED VACHERON CONSTANTIN, GENEVE, REF. 43050, GERARD MERCATOR 1594-1994 MODEL, NO. 06/30, CIRCA 1998

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VACHERON CONSTANTIN. A FINE AND RARE LIMITED EDITION 18K GOLD DUAL RETROGRADE AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH DEPICTING THE MAP OF SOUTH-EAST ASIA
SIGNED VACHERON CONSTANTIN, GENEVE, REF. 43050, GERARD MERCATOR 1594-1994 MODEL, NO. 06/30, CIRCA 1998
Cal. 1120/2 nickel-finished lever movement stamped with the Geneva seal, 36 jewels, 21K gold-edged rotor engraved 1594-Gerard Mercator-1994, gilt dial depicting the old map of South-East Asia in black enamel, time indicated by hands resembling the legs of an early hand-held compass used by Gerard Mercator, two sectors calibrated for 12 hours and 60 minutes, Arabic numerals, circular case, glazed display back, 18K gold Vacheron Constantin double deployant clasp, case, dial and movement signed
36 mm. diam.
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US$15,000-20,000

With Vacheron Constantin Certificate of Authenticity dated May 1998, undated International Warranty, original sales tag, loupe, instruction manual, product literature, original fitted presentation box and outer packaging.

The Mercator model was launched in 1994 to honor the memory of the famous cartographer and humanist Gerardus Mercator on the 400th anniversary of his death. The present dial represents the map of South-East Asia as drawn by Gerardus Mercator in 1587. The present lot is number 6 of a limited series of only 30 examples.

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