13,800 CHF
“Heure Exacte” Vacheron Constantin, Genève, No. 406701, case No. 250999. Made in 1929. Fine and rare shop lever chronometer with regulator dial and hacking seconds, in mahogany box. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. Nickel silver bowl with threaded glazed bezel and hinged back, three-body mahogany deck box. Silvered,Arabic five minutes, outer minute track, Arabic hour chapter at 12, subsidiary seconds at 6. Blued steel “spade”hands. Cal. R.A. 67-124, frosted gilt, half-plate,17 jewels, turned pillars, going barrel, cut bimetallic Guillaume balance with gold timing screws, Breguet balance spring, micrometric index regulator.Dial, movement and box signed.Dim: 72 X 115 X 147 mm outer. Notes “Heure exacte” was a deck chronometer made by Vacheron Constantin for the firm's agents, who made use of it to check the time at the various boutiques. The movements are extremely precise, with Guillaume balances and Breguet balance springs.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-04-03
