8,050 HKD
Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 263530, case No. 158257, made for Ferdinand Ducot of Bordeaux, circa 1882.Fine 18K gold, keyless pocket watch. Four-body, "bassine", engine-turned back cover monogrammed “PB”, gold, hinged cuvette. White enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute divisions with five-minute Arabic markers, subsidiary sunk seconds. Gold "spade" hands. 39.6 mm, gilt brass, 15 jewels, straight-line "moustache" lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued-steel Breguet balance spring, frosted wolf-tooth winding wheels, pin-set.Signed on the movement, case signed by the retailer.Diam. 36 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-06-08