VACHERON CONSTANTIN, REF. 7945, A MEDALLION POCKETWATCH MADE FOR THE SHAH OF IRAN
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VACHERON CONSTANTIN, REF. 7945, A MEDALLION POCKETWATCH MADE FOR THE SHAH OF IRAN

MOVEMENT NUMBER: 630’924

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VACHERON CONSTANTIN, REF. 7945, A MEDALLION POCKETWATCH MADE FOR THE SHAH OF IRAN
MOVEMENT NUMBER: 630’924
CIRCA: 1967
CASE MATERIAL: 18k yellow gold, coin edge caseband, caseback medallion carries an engraving in relief and text in Persian depicting the Auliya Hazrat Humayun Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Shahenshah Aryamehr ‘His Highness The August Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Emperor; Vala-Hazrat Humayun Reza Pahlavi Valiahed-e Iran ‘His highness The August Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran’; Auliya Hazrat Farah Pahlavi Shahbanuye Iran ‘Her Highness Farah Pahlavi, Queen of Iran’ and the date Aban Mah 1346 ‘Month of Aban 1346 [October-November 1967]’
DIAMETER: 32 mm.
DIAL: Gilt
MOVEMENT: Cal. K1014, manual-winding, 17 jewels
FUNCTIONS: Time only

Specialist note

The present pocket watch was part of a set of timepieces ordered by the Ministry of Imperial Court commemorating the Iranian 'White Revolution', a series of reforms resulting in aggressive modernisation in the Imperial State of Iran launched on 26 January 1963 by the Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.