Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 07, 2005

LOT 104

?Odéonesque? Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 403876, case No. 252771. Made in the 1920s. Very fine and rare, thin, keyless, 18K yellow gold, platinum and enamel Art Deco dress watch.

C. Three-body, "demi-bassine,? solid, polished black enamel decoration on case band, two-tone case back with geometrical pattern. D. Two-tone champagne with applied white gold Breguet numerals, outer minute divisions, ?guilloché? subsidiary seconds dial. White gold ?pointer" hands. M. Cal. 38 mm. (17'''), nickel, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to 8 positions, blued steel flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 43 mm