Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, The Grand Havana Room, Sep 20, 2006

LOT 285

Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 500890, case No. 339141, Ref. 4540. Made in the 1950s. Fine, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold mesh bracelet.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, triangular lugs. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold Arabic numerals, dart and round indexes, subsidiary seconds dial. Yellow gold ?bâton? hands. M. Cal. P/ 453/39, rhodiumplated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures, shock-absorber, Breguet balancespring, ?swan-neck? micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37 mm. Thickness 9 mm.