126,500 HKD
Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 450506, case No. 282660. Made for the German Navy, circa 1941. Very fine, silver-cased, keyless deck and pocket lever chronometer with power reserve indication and Guillaume balance. Four-body, "bassine", polished, silver, hinged cuvette, caseback engraved with eagle over swastika and inventory numberM10797. Silver, champlevé Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions, up-and-down sector at 12 o’clock,subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "spade" hands. Cal. 21’’’162, rhodium plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration,20 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Guillaume balance, Breguet balance spring, "swan-neck" micrometerregulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 60 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-02-20