Collector's Pocket Watches, Wristwatc...

Grand Havana Room, New York, Sep 20, 2001

LOT 338

Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, Ref. 469. Produced circa 1946.Fine and very rare, 18K pink gold and stainless steel gentleman?s wristwatch with register and tachometer.

C. three-body, bicolor, polished, pink gold teardrop lugs, push-pieces and winding-crown, steel case. D. matte silver with applied pink gold bâton indexes and Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds and 30 minutes register dials, outer tachometer graduation. ?Bâton? pink gold hands. M. Cal. 13'''-V 434 rhodium plated, ?fausses-côtes? decoration, 19 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, adjusted to temperatures, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 36 mm.