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VACHERON CONSTANTIN. A FINE AND RARE PLATINUM AUTOMATIC DOUBLE RETROGRADE WRISTWATCH DEPICTING THE MAP OF EUROPE, AFRICA AND ASIA
VACHERON CONSTANTIN. A FINE AND RARE PLATINUM AUTOMATIC DOUBLE RETROGRADE WRISTWATCH DEPICTING THE MAP OF EUROPE, AFRICA AND ASIA
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VACHERON CONSTANTIN. A FINE AND RARE PLATINUM AUTOMATIC DOUBLE RETROGRADE WRISTWATCH DEPICTING THE MAP OF EUROPE, AFRICA AND ASIA

SIGNED VACHERON CONSTANTIN, GENEVE, GERARD MERCATOR 1594-1994 MODEL, REF. 43050, MOVEMENT NO. 798'556, CASE NO. 674'071, MANUFACTURED IN 1996

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VACHERON CONSTANTIN. A FINE AND RARE PLATINUM AUTOMATIC DOUBLE RETROGRADE WRISTWATCH DEPICTING THE MAP OF EUROPE, AFRICA AND ASIA
SIGNED VACHERON CONSTANTIN, GENEVE, GERARD MERCATOR 1594-1994 MODEL, REF. 43050, MOVEMENT NO. 798'556, CASE NO. 674'071, MANUFACTURED IN 1996
Cal. 1120/2 automatic movement, 36 jewels, 21k gold-edged rotor engraved 1594-Gerard Mercator-1994, silvered dial depicting the map of Europe, Africa and Asia in black enamel, Arabic numerals on two retrograde sectors for hours and minutes, time indicated by hands resembling the legs of an early hand-held compass used by Gerard Mercator, circular case, glazed display snap on back, downturned flutted lugs, 18k white gold Vacheron Constantin double deployant clasp, case, dial and movement signed
36 mm. diam.
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Lot Essay

With Vacheron Constantin Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch in 1996.

The Mercator model was launched in 1994 to honour the memory of the famous cartographer and humanist Gerardus Mercator on the 400th anniversary of his death. The dials represent the American Continent or Australia, Europe, Africa and Asia, as drawn by Gerardus Mercator in 1587.

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