$3,720
Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 490268, case No. 320369. Made in 1950. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold wristwatch. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, sloped faceted bezel, concave lugs. Champagne with applied yellow gold Arabic numerals and baton indexes, outer minute division, subsidiary seconds dial. Yellow gold baton hands. Cal. P453/3B, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, beryllium balance with timing screws adjusted to temperature, shock absorber, selfcompensating Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 10 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-09-17
