16,800 CHF
Alexander I Karagjordgevic, King of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 412770, case No. 256398. Made in 1931. Fine and rare, thin, 18K white and yellow gold jump hour, wandering minute, keyless Art Deco presentation dress watch with enamel coat of arms for Alexander I Karagjordgevic, King of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. Three-body, solid, polished, bezels and bow in white gold, band and case back in yellow gold, back with polychrome painted on enamel coat of arms. Brushed silver, apertures for the jump hours with minutes below. Triangular pointer for the minutes. Cal. R.A. 17’’’15/12, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance with eight adjustments, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 45 mm. Notes The present watch was sold by Antiquorum, Geneva, The Art of Vacheron Constantin, November 13, 1994, lot 110. King Alexander I of Yugoslavia (1888 - 1934) of the Royal House of Karagjordgevic, was the first king of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1929-1934) and before that king of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (1921-1929). Alexander was born in Cetinje in Montenegro in December 1888, the second son of Prince Pietro Karagjorgevic, who was later to become King Peter I of Serbia, and of Zorka of Montenegro. He became heir to the throne in 1909, when his older brother renounced his ri
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-11-16
