179,500 CHF
Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 466826, case No. 346033, Ref. 6087. Sold on February 12, 1955, to Vacheron Constantin, New York. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph and register. Accompanied by a certificate. two-body, solid, polished, screwed-down case back, overhanging teardrop lugs, dust protecting cap. matte silver with applied yellow gold dot indexes and Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds and 30 minutes register dials, outer 1/5 second graduation. Yellow gold "Bâton" hands. Notes According to the Vacheron Constantin archives, ten water-resistant chronographs with screwed-down back were produced in 1954, and another ten over the following years. To date, only a few examples in yellow gold are known, as well as two in platinum, which were cased in the 1990s.This watch was sold by Antiquorum in the “Art of Vacheron Constantin” sale, November 13, 1994, lot 227.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-10-11
