9,430 CHF
Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 487519, case No. 315358. Made in the 1940s. Very fine and rare, oversized 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with an associated woven yellow gold bracelet. Three-body, solid, polished, flat bezel, overhanging and fluted boomerangshaped lugs. Silver with applied yellow gold baton and dot indexes and Arabic numerals, subsidiary "guilloché" sunk seconds. Yellow gold "bâton" hands. Cal. P453/3B, rhodium-plated, “fausses- cotes” decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures, shockabsorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 9 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-10-16