103rd Auction
2020/11/7
Lot 339
Vacheron & Constantin à Genève, Movement No. 647336, Case No. 479552, Cal. 1003, 30 mm, circa 1980
An ultra-flat, skeletonized and hand-engraved Geneva wristwatch, delivered to Carley & Clemence jewellers in London
Case: 18k gold, glazed push back, 18k gold buckle. Dial: skeletonized, gilt outer minute scale.
When Vacheron Constantin introduced a watch with the caliber 1003 during the Basel watch fair in 1955 to celebrate the company’s bicentenary, it would change the world’s perception of the brand forever. At 9 lignes - or a diameter of 21.05 mm and a thickness of 1.64 mm - caliber 1003 was the culmination of a decision taken three years earlier: to create the world’s thinnest manual winding movement on the market and produce the flattest wristwatch of its time.
An ultra-flat, skeletonized and hand-engraved Geneva wristwatch, delivered to Carley & Clemence jewellers in London
Case: 18k gold, glazed push back, 18k gold buckle. Dial: skeletonized, gilt outer minute scale.
When Vacheron Constantin introduced a watch with the caliber 1003 during the Basel watch fair in 1955 to celebrate the company’s bicentenary, it would change the world’s perception of the brand forever. At 9 lignes - or a diameter of 21.05 mm and a thickness of 1.64 mm - caliber 1003 was the culmination of a decision taken three years earlier: to create the world’s thinnest manual winding movement on the market and produce the flattest wristwatch of its time.
estimated
7.000—9.000 €
Price realized
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