Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 05, 2007

LOT 199

Fluted Teardrop Lugs Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 453763, case No. 290088. Made circa 1946. Very fine and rare 18K pink gold wristwatch with an 18K pink gold Vacheron & Constantin buckle. Accompanied by the original box.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, rounded bezel, fluted teardrop lugs. D. Satiné silver with applied pink gold Arabic numerals, concentric minute track, subsidiary seconds dial. Pink gold baton hands. M. Cal. P 453/2, rhodium-plated, fausses côtes decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures, shock absorber, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Property of Various Owners