Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

LOT 165

Indirect Center-Seconds Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, movement No. 400650, case No. 223080.Made for J.E. Caldwell & Co., Philadelphia, in the 1920s. Very fine, indirect center-seconds, 18K yellow gold, keyless dress watch. To be sold without reserve

C. Four-body, ?demi-bassine?, polished, curved bezel, semiconcealed hinge. D. Brushed silver, applied yellow gold Breguet numerals, outer minute track with fifths of a second divisions and Arabic five-minute numerals. Yellow gold cathedrale hands. M. 16 1/2''', rhodium-plated, 19 jewels, wolf?s tooth winding, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with timing screws, 8 adjustments, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Movement signed Vacheron & Constantin, dial, case and movement signed J.E. Caldwell, Philadelphia. Diam. 46 mm.