$48,300
Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 451894, case No. 89590. Produced in the 1920s.Very fine and rare, thin, astronomic, keyless, minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold dress watch with perpetual calendar and moon phases. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. three-body, "bassine", solid, polished. matte silver with applied yellow gold Arabic numerals, sunk guilloché subsidiary dials for the seconds, the days of the week, the months, the leap year and the date, aperture for the moon phases. Blued steel "lozenge" hands. Cal. 18’’’, rhodium-plated, 32 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, flat balance-spring. Repeating on gongs by activating slide onthe band.Movement signed, case numbered. Diam. 46 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-03-24
