Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, May 13, 2007

LOT 421

?Coin Watch, Patrimony Collection? Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, case No. 756096, Ref. 33059. Sold in 2004. Very fine and extra thin, 18K pink gold gentleman`s wristwatch fitted into a 20 U.S. dollar gold coin dated 1904.

C. Three-body, polished, straight lugs; on one side, the American Eagle, the shield and the mottos ?E Pluribus Unum? and ?In God We Trust?, and on the other side, the effigy of Liberty. The coin opens through a push button in the reeded band; brushed bezel with sunk hour markers, winding crown at 1, glazed movement attached to the coin by a hinge at 6. D. Skeletonized, gilt. Black ?baton? hands. M. Cal. 1003 SQP, gilt, stamped with the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark, chased and engraved foliate, straight-line lever escapement, mono-metallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, index regulator. Movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 5.5 mm.