5,175 CHF
Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 381422, case No. 235169. Made for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. No. 1225. Made in 1919. Fine and interesting silver keyless pocket watch with chronograph. Four-body, "bassine", polished, the back engraved with Army inventory number, hinged silver cuvette. White enamel with bold upright luminescent Arabic numerals, outer Arabic minute and chronograph ringdivided into fifths, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel luminescent skeleton hands. Cal. R.A, 19’’’ 73 Chrono,frosted gilt brass, 20 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steelBreguet balance spring with swan-neck micrometer regulator, chronograph with visible work, the button on thewinding crown.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 52 mm. Notes For more information on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, see: Antiquorum, “The Quarter Millennium of Vacheron Constantin”, Geneva, April 3, 2005. Chapter IV, p. 82.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-05-15
