50,000 HKD
VACHERON & CONSTANTIN CHRONOMETRE ROYAL YELLOW GOLD Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, Chronomètre Royal, No. 351265, case No. 216343. Made circa 1914. Very fine and rare, large, keyless, 18K yellow gold pocket lever chronometer. Four-body, bassine, polished with engine turned case back. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel with bold upright Arabic numerals, outer minute track, large subsidiary seconds. Gold spade hands. Cal. 21’’’, 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:
2012-06-23
