Sold for:
$3,540
$3,540
“Tear-Drop Lugs” Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 452958, case No. 295408. Made in 1946. Very fine, center seconds, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch. Two-body, solid, polished, dedicated case back, teardrop lugs. Satiné silver with applied radial yellow gold Arabic numerals and round indexes, inner 1/5th seconds scale with 5 minute/ second Arabic markers. Yellow gold "baton" hands. Cal. P 454/5C, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, beryllium balance adjusted to temperatures, shock absorber, blued steel Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 9 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-06-14
