Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hog Kong, Feb 26, 2011

LOT 417

Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, movement No. 485166, case No. 306683, circa 1948. Very fine, square-shaped, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with fancy claw lugs.

C. Two-part, polished and brushed, stepped claw lugs, snap-on back. D. Satine silver with applied yellow gold Roman numeral quarters and dagger indexes, inner minute track, sunk subsidiary seconds. Yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. V458, rhodium-plated, cotes de Genève decoration, 17 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance with screws, adjusted to temperatures, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case, and movement signed. Dim. 25 x 36 mm. Thickness 7 mm.