Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 07, 2005

LOT 145

?Rectangular? Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 431773, case No. 269773. Made circa 1940. Fine rectangular 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch.

C. Two-body, solid, brushed and polished, snap-on back. D. Matte silver with applied pink gold Roman indexes and Roman quarters, subsidiary seconds. Pink gold "baton" hands. M. Cal. 455, 9"'-94, rhodium plated, 17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, adjusted to temperatures, Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 24 x 38 mm. Thickness 9 mm.