Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces.

Geneva, Nov 13, 2010

LOT 176

Vacheron & Constantin For Cartier Vacheron & Constantin, Geneve, movement No. 469843, case No. 308221. Retailed by Cartier in the 1950s. Fine and rare, 18K pink gold wristwatch.

c. Two-body, solid, polished, flat bezel, claw lugs, snap-on case back. d. Brushed yellow with applied yellow gold Arabic numerals and baton indexes, subsidiary dial for the seconds, outer minute track. Yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. V453, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, swan-neck regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 8 mm.