Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong, Apr 23, 2006

LOT 263

Yellow "Royal Chronometer Automatic" Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, "Royal Chronometer Automatic", No. 630133, case No. 466421, Ref. 7375. Made in 1971. Very fine and rare, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with date.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, screwed-down case back. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold and black faceted indexes, aperture for the date. Black and yellow gold ?bâton? hands. M. Cal. 1072/1, stamped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, rhodium-plated, "oeil-de-perdrix" and ?fausses côtes? decoration, 29 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, 18K gold engine-turned rotor segment. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 40 x 36 mm. Thickness 11 mm.