12,500 CHF
VACHERON & CONSTANTIN FIVE-MINUTE REPEATING YELLOW GOLD Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, case No. 192086. Made circa 1900. Very fine and rare, five-minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold, keyless pocket watch. Four-body, bassine, polished, engine-turned back cover with engraved foliate monogram, concealed hinge. Hinged gold cuvette with engraved dedication. White enamel with fancy black Arabic numerals, outer minute track and red Arabic five-minute numerals, subsidiary sunk seconds. Yellow gold fancy hands. 17```, rhodium-plated, 29 jewels, counterpoised and calibrated straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Notes Dial, case, cuvette and movement signed. DIAM. 48 mm. Five-minute repeating watches by Vacheron & Constantin are exceedingly rare.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-11-09
