4,830 CHF
Vacheron & Constantin, Geneve, No. 497752, case No. 336485, model 4348, completed in 1938 Extremely rare aluminium keyless dress watch, in original fitted box. Three piece "demi-bassine" polished and saline. Matt aluminium with applied aluminium Breguet numerals and subsidiary seconds. Polished aluminium Breguet hands. Notes Aluminium watch The total weight of this watch, including case, movement, dial, hands and the glass, is 20 grams. These watches were produced in very limited numbers specially commissioned by the Aluminium Company of Canada Ltd. This type of watch is described in the Journal Suisse d'Horlogerie, No. 9, from October 1950, p. 292.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1996-10-12
