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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 18, 1997

LOT 452

Vacheron & Constantin, Geneve, No. 446441, case No. 294269, 1940's. Fine and rare, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with square button chronograph, register and tachometer.

C. massive, polished, teardrop lugs, stepped bezel. D. champagne with applied gold indexes and Arabic numerals + "guilloche" auxiliary seconds and 30 minutes register dials, outer tachometer graduation. "Baton" gold hands. M. 13"' rhodium plated, "fausses cotes " decoration, 19 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures, self compensating Breguet balancespring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm.