$13,125
VACHERON & CONSTANTIN 20-DOLLAR COIN WATCH YELLOW GOLD Vacheron & Constantin, Genève. Made circa 1980. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold wristwatch fitted into a 20 U.S. dollar gold coin dated 1892 and an 18K yellow gold buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box and guarantee (open). Three-body, straight lugs; on one side, the American Eagle, the shield and the mottos “E Pluribus Unum” and “In God We Trust”, and on the other side, the profi le of Liberty, opening through a push button in the reeded band, brushed bezel with engraved baton hour markers, winding crown at 1, glazed both sides and attached to the coin by a hinge at 6. Champagne with black baton indexes. Black baton hands. Cal. 1003/1, gilt, foliate hand-engraved, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating fl at balance spring, index regulator. Movement signed, case numbered. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 4.5 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2012-12-13
