Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Mar 10, 2011

LOT 66

Vacheron - Pink Gold - Teardrop Lugs Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 436679, case No. 326261. Made in 1952. Very fine and rare, tonneau shaped, 18K pink gold wristwatch. To be sold without reserve

C. Two-body, solid, polished, teardrop lugs. D. Textured silver with applied pink gold indexes and Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial. Pink gold baton hands. M. Cal. 457/1C, 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. Dim. 25 x 36 mm. Thickness 8 mm.