$10,350
Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 463144, case No. 323610. Made in the 1940s. Very fine and unusual, center-seconds, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch. Two-body, solid, polished, graduated bezel decorated with overhanging segments, overhanging triangular lugs. “Guilloché” silver with applied yellow gold dart indexes. Yellow gold “bâton” hands. Cal. 466-3B, rhodium-plated, “fausses côtes” decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 9 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-09-28