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New York, Oct 17, 2008

LOT 194

Teardrop Lugs Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 457585, case No. 291136. Made in the late 1940s. Fine and rare, 18K pink gold wristwatch with triple calendar and an 18K pink gold buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box.

C. Two-body, polished, gadrooned band, teardrop lugs. D. Matte silver with applied pink gold Arabic numerals and dot indexes, subsidiary seconds dial, outer graduation in red for the date, outermost minute track, apertures for the days of the week and the months. Pink gold baton hands. M. Cal. 12 1/2 P 495/A, rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration,17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to temperatures, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 11 mm.