5,980 CHF
Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 513872, case No. 347821, Ref. 4348. Made for Canadian Aluminium Limited in 1955. Very fine and rare aluminum keyless dress watch. Original certificate. Three-piece, “bassine”, polished and matted. Matte aluminum with applied polished aluminum Breguetnumerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Polished aluminum Breguet hands. 17’’’ Cal. 439/7,aluminum, “fausses côtes” decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensationbalance adjusted to temperature, Breguet balance-spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 45 mm. Notes For a detailed description of Vacheron & Constantin watches with aluminium cases, see Antiquorum Geneva, “The Quarter Millennium of Vacheron Constantin”, April 3, 2005, pages 76 & 77.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-05-15
