Vacheron Constantin

While the novelties will garner much of the attention this week, it is also nice to look at watch that isn't so new. I met a collector who has an model from the late 1990's. The reference 47052 featured an automatic movement that indicates hours, minutes, day, date, phases of the moon, and week of the year. The yellow gold case is 36 mm in diameter, and is only 8.5 mm thick. The lugs are of the standard "Patrimony" design of that era, and can also be seen in the perpetual calendar and jumping hour watches that were also in production at that time.

The central section of the dial has a guilloche finish. There are correctors on the side of the case that can quickly set the day, date, moon, and week. This watch is not a perpetual calendar, thus it needs to be manually corrected for months with less than 31 days.

So long as a collector is comfortable with the size, which is small by today's tastes, this or any of the complicated calendar watches from the late 1990's or early 2000's would make a nice addition to a collection.

Bill
This message has been edited by WHL on 2011-01-17 09:48:24

thanks for sharing

Jason

I just can't seem to appreciate smaller watches. I guess that it is the current trend for larger watches and maybe just one day I will get over it.

Other wise, a very nice watch.

Best regards,

George

This really is a "complete calendar" watch.  Nice layout, easy to read.  Especially nice to see alongside the announced new models. 

Best,

respo

During the era of 36mm watches, the dial looks uncluttered and elegant. Fast forward 10ish years, the 40mm plus watches have dials that look like a car display console. Both essentially deliver the same data, but it shows human tendencies to "complicate" things.

Another gem, Bill.

Best,

Horo

If this watch had a sapphire case back it would simply be perfection!  Functional, easy to read and elegant.

 

Regards,

BGM