10,000 CHF
VACHERON & CONSTANTIN THIN MINUTE-REPEATER Vacheron & Constantin, Geneve, No. 371870, case No. 226227. Made circa 1920. Fine, rare, thin and elegant, minute repeating, keyless, 18K gold dress watch. Four-body, polished, curved bezel, hinged back. Hinged gold cuvette with engraved dedication. Matte gold with black champlevé radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel spade hands. Cal. 18''', rhodium plated, 29 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with 8 adjustments, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator, repeating with two hammers on two gongs activated by a slide in the band. Notes Dial, case, cuvette and movement signed. DIAM. 47 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-11-09
