Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 07, 2005

LOT 102

?Hunting-cased? Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 772257, case No. 601953, Ref. 57102. Produced in the 1980s. Very fine, thin, hunting-cased, keyless, 18K white gold dress watch. Accompanied by an 18K white gold ?snake? link chain.

C. Four-body, ?bassine? solid, polished, semi-oval pendant, 18K white gold cuvette. D. Satiné silver with painted radial Roman numerals. Blued steel "feuille" hands. M. Cal. 1701, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 20 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock-absorber, selfcompensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 47 mm.