Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

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

LOT 288

?Two-tone Dial? Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 463923. Made circa 1950. Very fine, astronomic, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with triple date, moon phases and a 14K yellow gold bracelet ?à petites mailles?.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, overhanging claw lugs. D. Two-tone brushed silver with applied yellow gold dart indexes and Arabic numerals, subsidiary ?guilloché? seconds dial, outer graduation for the days of the month in painted Arabic numerals, apertures for the moon phases, the days of the week and the months in red. Yellow gold "baton" hands, red arrow for the date. M. Cal. V 495, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, ?swan-neck? micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 32 mm. Thickness 12 mm.