Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 09, 2009

LOT 383

Vacheron Constantin Gold Wristwatch Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 442944, case No. 26486. Made circa 1947. Very fine and rare, 14K yellow gold wristwatch.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, teardrop lugs, snap-on case back. D. Black with applied yellow gold dot indexes and Arabic numerals, inner minute track, subsidiary seconds dial. Yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. 453/1, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 29 mm. Height 8 mm.