7,500 CHF
VACHERON CONSTANTIN REF. 4659 YELLOW GOLD Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 499752, case No. 333275, Ref. 4659. Made in 1952. Very fine and rare, large, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Vacheron Constantin buckle. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, overhanging horn lugs, concave bezel. Guilloché silver with applied yellow gold dart and Arabic indexes outer gold dot minute divisions, subsidiary seconds. Yellow gold bâton hands. Cal. 12 1/2''' 453/3B, rhodium-plated, fausses côtes decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, beryllium balance with timing screws, adjusted to temperatures, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, swan- neck micrometer regulator. Notes Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 36 mm. THICKNESS 7.5 mm. A similar model was produced by PATEK PHILIPPE, under the Reference 2549/1. This watch was previously sold by ANTIQUORUM, Geneva, The Quarter Millennium of Vacheron Constantin, May 3, 2005, Lot 231.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2015-11-08
