Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, May 10, 2025
LOT 399
VACHERON CONSTANTIN, SWITZERLAND, ''CHRONOMETRE DE VITRINE'', REGULATOR-TYPE DIAL, STOP-SECONDS, STAINLESS STEEL AND WOOD
CHF 6,000 - 14,000
HKD 57,000 - 134,000 / USD 7,400 - 17,200 / EUR 6,500 - 15,100
Sold: CHF 7,500
A very fine and rare, stainless steel and wood, manual wind deck chronometer, regulator-type dial with subsidiary seconds at 6, stop-seconds (activated by the push-piece located on the case-band at 7 o’clock)
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3- 8 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-6-01 |
Good Slightly oxidized HANDS Original |
Brand Vacheron Constantin, Switzerland
Model ''Chronometre de vitrine''
Year circa 1929
Movement No. 406700
Case No. 250998
Diameter 83 mm.
Length 149
Caliber 30’’’, RA 67-124, ¾ plate, 17 jewels, gilded brass, going barrel, straight-line equilibrated lever escapement, compensated brass-Invar Guillaume balance and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, patented polished steel index-regulator with micrometric screw.
Height 60
Width 115
Signature Dial, case and movement