Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Dec 07, 2006

LOT 243

Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 483077, case No. 300731. Made in the 1940s. Very fine and rare, rectangular, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, fluted teardrop lugs, ?bombé? crystal. D. Matte silver with applied yellow gold Arabic numerals and dart indexes. Yellow gold "baton" hands. M. Cal. 458/3B, rhodiumplated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures, Breguet balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 23 x 37 mm. Thickness 9 mm.