The Mondani Collection of Rolex Wrist...

Geneva, May 14, 2006

LOT 732

?The Portrait? Vacheron & Constantin, Geneve, No. 352737, case No. 217076. Made in 1911. Very fine and unusual, 18K gold, half-hunting cased keyless pocket watch.

C. Four-body, ?basine?, polished and matted, hinged and sprung front cover with glazed aperture and blue champlevé enamel radial Roman numerals, inner minute track, the back cover decorated with a portrait bust of a gentleman in relief surrounded by a wreath of oak leaves. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Gold ?Spade? hands. M. 40 mm. 18???, frosted gilt, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case, cuvette and movement signed. Diam. 50 mm.