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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 18, 1997

LOT 410

Vacheron & Constantin, Geneve, No. 423262, case No. 265171, model 4348, completed in 1938 Extremely rare aluminium keyless dress watch, in original fitted box with instruction booklet.

CHF 3,000 - 4,000

C. Three piece "demi-bassine " polished and satine, the back engraved with a dedication dated 1939 by the Aluminium Company of Canada Ltd. D. Matt aluminium with applied aluminium Breguet numerals and subsidiary seconds. Polished aluminium Breguet hands. M. 16"', aluminium, 439/7 caliber, "fausses cotes" decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring with swan-neck micrometric index. Signed on the dial, case and movement. Diam. 44mm.


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Dial: 21-51

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Partially reprinted

Notes

The total weight of this watch, including case, movement, dial, hands and glass, is 20 grams. These watches were produced in very li mited numbers specially commissioned by the Aluminium Company of Canada Ltd. This type of watch is described in the Jonrnai Suisse d'Horiogerie, No. 9, from October 1950, page 292.