Lot 343

Vacheron & Constantin

Skeleton

An ultra-flat, skeletonized and hand-engraved Geneva wristwatch, delivered to Carley & Clemence jewellers in London - with original box

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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.