22,800 CHF
Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, “Chronograph”, movement No. 466639, French case No. 038239. Made circa 1945. Very fine and rare 18K pink gold wristwatch with square button chronograph and register. Accompanied by a fitted box. Three-body, solid, polished, concave bezel, flared lugs, snap-on case back. Brushed silver with applied pink gold Roman numerals and dart indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 30-minute register, outer minute/seconds track. Pink gold baton hands. Cal. V492, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 19 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Beryllium balance with timing screws, adjusted to temperature, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial and movement signed, case hallmarked and numbered. Diam. 36.5 mm. Thickness 11 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-03-29
