Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Sep 17, 2009

LOT 234

Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 490268, case No. 320369. Made in 1950. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold wristwatch. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, sloped faceted bezel, concave lugs. D. Champagne with applied yellow gold Arabic numerals and baton indexes, outer minute division, subsidiary seconds dial. Yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. P453/3B, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, beryllium balance with timing screws adjusted to temperature, shock absorber, selfcompensating Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 10 mm.