Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 08, 2010

LOT 349

Vacheron & Constantin Ref. 4906 - Yellow Gold Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, ?Automatic,? No. 496920, case No. 338995, Ref. 4906. Made in the 1950s. Very fine, water resistant, center seconds, self-winding, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Vacheron & Constantin buckle.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, concave lugs, stepped bezel, screwed-down case back. D. Two-tone silver with applied yellow gold faceted baton indexes and Arabic quarters, concentric minute/seconds divisions. Yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. 477/1, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes and oeilde- perdrix decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 13 mm.