11,800 CHF
“Thin Minute Repeater” Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 334100, case No. 202955. Made in 1906. Very fine and rare, minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold, slim, keyless dress watch. Four-body, “bassine pincée”, polished, back cover with engraved monogram. Hinged gold cuvette with dedication inscription. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Gold “spade” hands. Cal. R.A. 17/18’’’, frosted gilt, 29 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs via slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 48 mm. Notes A very similar watch was sold by Antiquorum, Geneva, “The Quarter Millennium of Vacheron Constantin, April 3, 2005, Lot 166.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-11-12
