Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

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

LOT 39

Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, ?Chronomètre? No. 399282, case No. 248608. Made in the1920s. Very fine, keyless, 18K yellow gold chronometer dress watch with split-seconds chronograph and instantaneous 30 minute register. Accompanied by a fitted box.

C. Four-body, "demi-bassine", solid, polished, engine-turned case back, gold hinged cuvette. D. White enamel with painted radial Roman numerals, outer minute and chronograph divisions, subsidiary sunk seconds, and 30-minute register. M. Cal. 19???, frosted gilt, 23 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold screws, sapphire endstones, blued steel Breguet balance spring, ?swanneck? micrometer regulator, split-seconds mechanism under the dial. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 52 mm.