Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 14, 1990
LOT 124
Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 497733, case No. 336472, circa 1940 Extremely rare and fine aluminium keyless dress watch in original fitted case.
CHF 15,000 - 20,000
Sold: CHF 27,600
Three piece "demi-bassine" polished and satiné case. Mat aluminium dial with aluminium applied Arabic numerals and subsidiary seconds. Polished aluminium Breguet hands. Fine aliminium 16"', 439/7 caliber movement, "fausses côtes" decoration 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring with a swan neck micrometric index. Signed on the dial, the case and the movement. In very good condition. Diam. 44 mm. The total weight of this watch, including case, movement, dial, hands and the glass is 20 grams. They were produced in very limited numbers, with even fewer examples being sold.
