$5,428
“Desk Alarm Clock” Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, “Desk Alarm Clock”, No. 39542. Made circa 1960. Very fine, unusual and rare, 18K yellow gold and coral desk clock with alarm. Circular, made from interwoven gold wire with round coral beads as hour indicators, cone-shaped base with meshpattern repeating the dial decoration. Mesh-pattern repeating the base decoration. Yellow gold “dauphine” hands, yellow gold “baton” alarm hand. Cal. 16’’’, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 15 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, alarm via the case back. Case signed. Diam. 8 cm., height 9 cm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-03-28
