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Geneva, Oct 14, 2007

LOT 515

Yellow Gold ?Three-Tone Dial? Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 427265, case No. 267765. Made in 1940. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, tachometer, three-tone dial and an 18K yellow gold buckle.

CHF 20,000 - 30,000

EUR 12,000 - 18,000 / USD 17,000 - 25,000

Sold: CHF 38,940

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, flat and curved bezel, concave lugs. D. Three-tone, silver with painted black baton indexes and Arabic half-hour numerals, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute registers, outer minutes and fifth of a second track, outermost tachometer scale. Yellow gold "épée" hands. M. Cal. 13???, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 19 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance with timing screws, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness: 11 mm. From ?The Collection?


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-6-9-01

Good

Slightly oxidized

Scratched

HANDS Original