Important Watches, Wristwatches and c...
Geneva, Oct 15, 1989
LOT 421
Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 34673, made in 1916. Very fine 18-carat gold minute repeating watch with split second chronograph tachometer and instantaneous 30 minute recorder.
CHF 40,000 - 50,000
Sold: CHF 66,700
Three body massive "bassine" polished case. Gold cuvette. Mat silver dial with applied gold Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds and minute register, outer Arabic minute and chronograph rings, tachometer scale calculated for 1000 meters. Gold "bâton" hands. Good 17"' rhodium plated movement, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 33 jewels, equilibrated straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring with a swan neck micrometric index, repeating on gongs by means of a slide on the band. The split second chronograph with a visible work the push pieces on the band and the winding crown. In very good condition. Diam. 51 mm.
