$6,325
"Royal Chronometer" Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 509230, case No. 359911. Made in the 1950s. Very fine and rare, center-seconds, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold buckle. Three-body, solid, polished, straight lugs. Matte silver with applied yellow gold faceted indexes. Yellow gold "alpha" hands. Cal. P1008/BS, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 19 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, "swan-neck" micrometer regulator, hack mechanism. Dial, case, and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 10 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-12-07
