Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Mar 28, 2007

LOT 325

"Royal Chronometer" Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, "Royal Chronometer - Automatic", No. 587525, case No. 419744, Ref. 6694. Made in 1969. Fine and rare, center seconds, self-winding, waterresistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with date and an integrated, 18K yellow gold Vacheron & Constantin mesh bracelet. Accompanied by a Certificate of Origin and a Chronometer Certificate.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back engraved with the Maltese cross and "Chronometre Royal". D. Satiné champagne with applied yellow gold and black faceted indexes, Maltese cross set with a diamond, aperture for the date. Yellow gold "dauphine" hands. M. Cal. K 1072/1, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" and "oeil-deperdrix" decoration, 29 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted to heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, 18K gold engine-turned rotor segment. Dial, case, and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Approx. overall length 190 mm.