Sold for:
$5,310
$5,310
Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 496336, case No. 325671. Made in the early 1950s. Very fine, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, straight extended lugs. Textured silver with applied pink gold Arabic numerals and faceted bâton indexes, subsidiary seconds dial. Pink gold "bâton" hands. Cal. P453/3B, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, “swan-neck” micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 10 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-06-14
