Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 07, 2005

LOT 191

?Hooded Flame Lugs? Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 434820, case No. 270027. Made circa 1940. Fine 18K yellow gold lady's wristwatch with fancy lugs.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, hooded ?Flame? lugs. D. Matte champagne with applied gold baton and Roman markers, inner minute track. Gold ?baton? hands. M. Cal. 153, Rhodium plated, ?Fausses cotes? decoration, 17 jewels, lateral lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 21 mm. Thickness 6 mm.