The Art Of Vacheron Constantin
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Nov 13, 1994
LOT 130
Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 423205, case No. 265188, Ref. 4348, completed in December 1939. Extremely rare aluminium keyless dress watch.
CHF 4,000 - 5,000
Sold: CHF 6,900
C. Three piece "demi-bassine" polished and satiné, the back engraved with a dadication dated 1942 by the Aluminium Company of Canada Ltd. D. Matt aluminium with applied aluminium Breguet numerals and subsidiary seconds. Polished aluminium Breguet hands. M. 17"', aluminium, 439/7 caliber, "fausses côtes" decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring with swan-neck micrometric index. Signed on the dial, case and movement. In very good condition. Diam. 44mm.
Notes
The total weight of this watch, including case, movement, dial, hands and the glass, is 20 trams. These
watches were produced in very limited numbers, with even fewer examples being sold.
This type of watch is described in the Journal Suisse d'Horlogerie, No. 9, from October 1950, page 292.