Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 17, 1992
LOT 394
Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, "Chronomètre Royal", No.369409, case No. 274361, made for the British Navy in 1946. Fine silver, keyless deck chronometer, in a brass cylindrical box with screwed bezel, fixed in original wooden box.
CHF 4,000 - 6,000
Sold: CHF 7,705
C. Three body, massive, demi-bassine, polished with Marine registration number on the back. Silver cuvette. D. White enamel with Arabic numerals and subsidiary seconds. Blued steel spade hands. M. 18"', rhodium plated, fausses côtes decoration. 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring with swan neck micrometric index. Signed on the dial, case and movement. In new condition. Diam. 59 mm.
