Sold for:
36,800 CHF
36,800 CHF
Vacheron & Constantin, No. 412694, case by Verger Frères, Paris, delivered on 19 November 1930, retailed by Charlton & Co., New York. "Le charmeur de serpents": Fine and rare 18 ct. white gold, "Bras-en-l'air" keyless dress watch. Three piece, massive "Empire", polished and satine with reeded band. Satine with facing sectors on the left for hours, on the right for minutes, an applied gold figure of a fakir, points the time at will, on the sectors, when depressing a push piece in the band. Notes A similar watch is illustrated in l'Univers de Vacheron Constantin, Genève, p. 405, and the mechanism of the " Bras-en-l'air" p. 383.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1994-11-13
