$6,875
VACHERON & CONSTANTIN CHRONOMETRE ROYAL YELLOW GOLD Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, Chronomètre Royal, No. 368077, case No. 228822. Made in 1918. Very fine and rare, large, keyless, 18K yellow gold pocket lever chronometer. Accompanied by a fitted wooden box. Four-body, bassine, polished, sunray engine-turned case back centered by a crest with engraved initials. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel with bold radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, large subsidiary seconds dial. Gold spade hands. Cal. 21’’’ 2 PRC, frosted gilt, 18 jewels, wolf’s tooth winding, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Dial, case, cuvette and movement signed. DIAM. 57 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2013-04-10