VACHERON CONSTANTIN TOURBILLON
LIMITED EDITION YELLOW GOLD
Vacheron Constantin, Genève, "Les Complications -
Ref. 30050/000J-8. Made circa 1993.
Extremely fine, rare and important, 18K yellow
gold wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon
regulator, two barels, power-reserve indication and an
18K yellow gold Vacheron & Constantin buckle.
Two-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, straight
lugs, transparent case back to view the movement,
sapphire crystals.
Silvered solid gold with « clous de Paris » décoration,
applied yellow gold Roman numerals and
triangular indexes, graduation for the up-and-down
indication at 12, aperture for the tourbillon regulator
under a polished steel bridge at 6, carrying a subsidiary
seconds hand. Yellow gold Dauphine hands.
Cal. 1760, 13 lines, rhodium-plated, "fausses
côtes" decoration, 28 jewels, lateral lever escapement,
one-minute tourbillon regulator with polished
steel arms, monometallic balance, shock-absorber,
self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, twin
barrels.