Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 07, 2005

LOT 173

Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 396946, case No. 246611. Made in the 1920s. Fine, thin, keyless, 18K gold dress watch.

C. Four-body, "demi-bassine", solid, polished, stepped bezel, hinged gold cuvette and case back. D. Two-tone silver with bold Breguet numerals, outer minute track, "guilloché" center and outer rim, sunk subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. M. Cal. 17''', rhodium-plated, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 45 mm.