4,600 CHF
Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 473076, case No. 327982. Produced circa 1946. Very fine and rare, rectangular, 18K yellow and pink gold gentleman's wristwatch. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, dedicated back, rounded band, overhanging lugs, domed crystal. Matte silver with applied yellow gold Arabic numerals and bâton indexes, subsidiary seconds. Yellow gold "bâton" hands. Cal. 435/3C, tonneau, rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 26 x 34 mm. Height 8 mm. Notes Engraved on the back: "For unselfish devotion presented to Bernard Shulman, President - Jan. 1948 to DeC. 1951, by board of directors Orthodox Jewish Home for the Aged."
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-10-24
