22,500 CHF
Vacheron & Constantin Rectangulaire Savonnette Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, movement No. 418516, case No. 253680. Made in 1929. Exceptionally fine and rare, rectangular, 18K yellow gold and platinum wristwatch with concealed dial. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, satiné gold cover with engraved platinum stripes opening via pushers in the band, band and bezel engraved with oak leaves, platinum lugs with floral engraving, hinged back. Silvered, brushed, with applied gold Breguet numerals, outer minute track. Yellow gold cathedrale hands. Cal. R.A. 9’’’ 94, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, cut bimetallic balance, adjusted to temperature and three positions, flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 24 x 42 mm. Thickness 7 mm. Notes This watch is illustrated in “The World of Vacheron Constantin”, by Carole Lambelet and Lorette Coen, Editions Scriptar, 1992, p. 372.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2011-03-27
