$3,450
Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 497563, case No. 325093. Pro-duced in the 1950s. Very fine and rare, keyless, aluminum dress watch. Three-body, "demi-bassine", polished. Matte aluminum with applied aluminum polished Breguet numerals, subsidiary "guilloché" seconds dial. Polished aluminum "Breguet" hands. Cal. 439/7 made from aluminum, "fausses côtes" decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance-spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed. Case back engraved: Presentee a Donat Aubin par Aluminum Company of Canada, Ltd, en reconnessance de 25 annees de bons services, 1953.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 44 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-09-22
