Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 07, 2005

LOT 182

?Chronomètre Royal? Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, ?Chronomètre Royal?, No. 349088, case No. 213451. Made circa 1912. Very fine, keyless, 18K yellow gold pocket watch.

C. Four-body, "demi-bassine", solid, polished, engine-turned case back, hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with painted Arabic numerals, outer minute track, sunk subsidiary seconds dial. Yellow gold "spade" hands. M. Cal. 22???, frosted gilt, 19 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, ?swan-neck? micrometer regulator, wolf?s tooth winding wheels. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 52 mm.