11,500 CHF
Vacheron & Constantin, Geneve, No. 555688, Ref. 6657, case No. 385296, designed by Ponti Gennari. Made in 1961. Very fine and extremely rare, lozenge-shaped, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with a linen textured 18K "guilloché" yellow gold integrated bracelet with striped effect. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives. two-body, shaped, solid, polished, polished lozenge-shaped bezel, hidden lugs. "guilloche" gold with stripes effect repeating the bracelet decoration with engraved black painted baton and dot indexes. Black "Baton" hands. Cal. K 1001, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, "fausses-cotes" decoration, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted for heat, cold, isochro-nism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 27 x 36 mm.Approx. overall length 180 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-04-24