$3,500
VACHERON & CONSTANTIN FLUTED LUGS YELLOW GOLD Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 449049, case No. 285956. Made in the 1940’s. Very fine and rare, square, 18K yellow gold wristwatch. Two-body, solid, polished, fluted lugs, rounded sides, flat-top crystal. Matte silver with applied yellow gold Arabic numerals and round indexes, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds dial. Yellow gold baton hands. Cal. 458/1B, rhodium-plated, fausses côtes decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures, blued steel Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. DIM. 24 x 38 mm. THICKNESS 9 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2013-04-10