DESCRIPTION:

STUNNING AND TIMELESS WATCH FROM THE PRESTIGIOUS HOUSE OF THE PLACE VENDÔME, VAN CLEEF & ARPELS, MODEL "THE COLLECTION" (REFERENCE 45104), DATING FROM THE LATE 1980S.

THIS EXCEPTIONAL PIECE COMES WITH ITS ORIGINAL CARRYING AND STORAGE POUCH SIGNED THE VAN CLEEF & ARPELS PARIS COLLECTION.

THIS SOFT OCHRE CORDUROY CASE WITH GOLD BUCKLE CLASP CENTER POCKET TO STORE WATCH AND 2 PLATED POCKETS.

CASE:

BICOLOR ROUND MODEL

DIMENSION:

31MM DIAMETER WITHOUT WINDER

AND 33MM WITH WINDING.

SOLID 18K YELLOW GOLD STAINLESS STEEL BEZEL.

​HANDLE TO HANDLE SIZE:

39MM TOTAL LENGTH AT STEEL CENTER FASTENERS ("VENDÔME" T-BAR TYPE FASTENERS WHERE BRACELET IS ATTACHED).

DIAL: CLEAN WHITE, RAILWAY TIMER, BLACK ROMAN NUMERAL INDEX. VERY THIN BLACK STICK NEEDLES. MENTION "QUARTZ" AT 6 O'CLOCK AND "SWISS". IMPECCABLE SAPPHIRE CRYSTAL WITH NO SCRATCHES.

MOVEMENT: 7 JEWEL HIGH END SWISS CALIBER QUARTZ ETA 956.032. A NEW BATTERY HAS JUST BEEN INSTALLED: THE WATCH WORKS PERFECTLY AND KEEPS TIME PERFECTLY.

​BRACELET & BUCKLE (100% ORIGINAL):

EQUIPPED WITH ITS ORIGINAL BLACK LEATHER STRAP,

SIGNED VAN CLEEF & ARPELS ON ONE SIDE AND MARKED HAND STITCHED ON THE OTHER.

GOLD PLATED PIN BUCKLE IS 100% ORIGINAL: IT FEATURES VERY SHARP OFFICIAL "VCA", "SWISS" AND "G PLATED" ENGRAVINGS INSIDE

BOX BOTTOM:

VERTICALLY CLIPPED AND BRUSHED, FEATURING THE OFFICIAL BRAND ENGRAVINGS OF THIS FIRST SERIES, STEEL-GOLD MENTION, TECHNICAL REFERENCE 45104 AND INDIVIDUAL SERIAL NUMBER 12895

THREE LINES OF OFFICIAL ENGRAVINGS CHARACTERISTIC OF THE FIRST EDITION 1982:

THE "S" NUMBER (S 1801054): SPECIFIC TO THE VERY FIRST LAUNCH SERIES, INDICATING THE REGISTRATION AND PROTECTED PATENT NUMBER OF THE VENDÔME STYLE SWISS CASE, LONG BEFORE THE BRAND RE-ENGRAVINGS ON SUBSEQUENT SERIES.

MODEL REFERENCE: 45104.

INDIVIDUAL SERIAL NUMBER: 12895.

A RARE AND INTEGRAL HISTORICAL CONFIGURATION, HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER BY LOVERS OF HAUTE HORLOGERIE AND JEWELLERY PLACE VENDÔME. A COLLECTIBLE PIECE IN THE MAKING READY TO WEAR.

BOTTOM PHOTOS PART OF DESCRIPTION.

FREE COLISSIMO SHIPPING TO METROPOLITAN FRANCE.