$8,850
Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, “Chronomètre” No. 399282, case No. 248608. Made in the1920s. Very fine, keyless, 18K yellow gold chronometer dress watch with split-seconds chronograph and instantaneous 30 minute register. Accompanied by a fitted box. Four-body, "demi-bassine", solid, polished, engine-turned case back, gold hinged cuvette. White enamel with painted radial Roman numerals, outer minute and chronograph divisions, subsidiary sunk seconds, and 30-minute register. Cal. 19’’’, frosted gilt, 23 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold screws, sapphire endstones, blued steel Breguet balance spring, “swanneck” micrometer regulator, split-seconds mechanism under the dial. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 52 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-09-20
