A striking group of four Vacheron Constantin watches named Metiers d'Art: Les Masques has led bids at Antiquorum's September 30 auction in New York.
 Just 25 examples of each watch were created |
The tribal design dials are based on masks from Mexico, Gabon, Japan and Papua New Guinea. In 18k yellow gold, pink gold, white gold and platinum, they sold as a group for $603,750.
The watches were first seen in 2007 at the Salon International de la Haute Horological in Geneva, where they soon became the talk of the show. Each is inscribed with a poem in French which relates to the individual mask.
Just four variations were initially released, with a further eight following, bringing the total number to 12. There are 25 examples of each watch, with a total of 300 available worldwide.
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